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THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW-YOEK. 



1888-1889. 




HE event in the history of The Holland 
Society in the year from Pinkster, 1888, 
to Pinkster, 1889, was the trip to Hol- 
land, which was suggested by the secre- 
tary, and undertaken by a party of about fifty, 
which included a few friends and relatives of those 
members of the Society who made this journey of 
twice thirty-five hundred miles solely from a desire 
to see the land of their ancestors. When it was 
determined upon each took money in his purse, 
and, while hoping that they would be welcome, 
not one even dreamed of the more than hospitable 
greeting and entertainment of which they were the 
recipients from the time when they landed at Eot- 
terdam till the last hour of their stay. The story of 
this pilgrimage now follows, the first part in the words 
of Mr. Sheldon T. Viele of Buffalo, N. Y., and the 
latter part in those of the Eev. J. Howard Suydam, 



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D. D., who were duly elected the historians of the 
party. The expedition was authorized at the annual 
meeting of the Society, held May 22, 1888, when the 
Rev. J. Howard Suydam, D. D., offered the following 
resolution : 

" Whekeas, a number of our members propose to 
visit Holland during the summer according to the 
arrangements made by the secretary. Therefore, 

" Besolved, that they be declared representatives of 
The Holland Society of New -York, and that a record 
of their visit be published in the next issue of the 
Year Book." 

This was carried unanimously, over two hundred 
members being present. 



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THE NARRATIVE OF 

THE VISIT OF THE HOLLAND SOCIETY 

TO THE NETHERLANDS. 

PART I. 

By Sheldon T. Viele. 




■bonjer's pilgrims' progress. 

HE morning of July 28, 1888, was bright, 
sunny, and sparkling, in beautiful con- 
trast with the rain and dampness of the 
preceding twenty-four hours. 
The good ship Amsterdam, in gala attire, decked 
with flags, and with her cabins filled with flowers, 
awaited the coming of the pilgrims. These soon 
began to arrive, accompanied by friends and rela- 
tives to see them off, and the decks quickly filled 
with the expectant voyagers. All were interested and 
excited at the prospect. Most of them were strangers 
to each other and to the ocean, but all felt a more 
than common interest in the occasion, and a sense of 
friendliness for their fellow passengers, growing out 
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of the unusual circumstances attending the trip. Soon 
came the hour for departure. The whistle and bells 
drove all but the voyagers on shore, and promptly 
at 9:30 the gang-plank was hauled in and the ship 
left the wharf. 

The sail down the bay was beautiful, and the mag- 
nificent harbor of New-York never appeared to better 
advantage than beneath the bright skies and in the 
crisp atmosphere of the perfect summer day. All 
were absorbed in the beauty of the scene until about 
noon when the pilot was to depart. With a few 
hurried words, hastily written in letters to be taken by 
him as last messages to the friends left behind, he 
swung over the side and our voyage was fairly begun. 

Up to this time the opportunities for acquaintance 
were few, but all at once began the interchange of 
names, and thus was initiated the good comradeship 
of the party which was so noticeable a feature of the 
whole expedition. 

The first event after the departure of the pilot was 
the sounding of the breakfast bell about 12 o'clock, 
and the members of The Holland Society made a 
hungry rush for the dining saloon. Confusion reigned 
supreme for a few moments until the genial Van 
Siclen brought order out of chaos, and all were soon 
assigned to the places that they were to occupy more 
or less successfully for the next twelve days. The 
tables were filled, every place taken, the novelty of 
the situation was exciting, and everybody was happy 
through the first meal. 

Here was the first opportunity to call the roll of the 
pilgrims, and it resulted as follows : 



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MEMBERS OF THE HOLLAND SOCIETY, 

VISITING HOLLAND, JULY, 1888. 

Dr. John Van Duyn, and wife Syracuse, N. Y. 

Peter V. Fort, and daughter Albany, N. Y. 

Mrs. Delahanty, and grand-daughter 

Miss Delahanty Albany, N Y. 

Frank I. Vander Beek, and son 

Frank I. Vander Beek, Jr Jersey City, N. J. 

Jas. A. Van Voast Schenectady, N. Y. 

Dr. Harm an W. Veeder Schenectady, N. Y. 

Isaac E. Ditmars N. Y. City. 

Robert A. Van Wyck N. Y. City. 

G. Y. Vander Bogart Schenectady, N. Y. 

Hon. Edw. Elsworth, Mayor of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and 
daughter 

Miss May Elsworth Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Eugene Elsworth Irvington, N. Y. 

Jas. H. Blauvelt, and son 

Harry R. Blauvelt Nyack, N. Y. 

Rev. J. Howard Suydam, D. D Jersey City, N. J. 

John H. Voorhees Washington, D. C. 

Frank Hasbrouck, Treasurer of city of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Dr. Chas. H. Voorhees, and wife . New Brunswick, N. J. 

H. B. Hubbard, and son Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Rev. J. Elmendorf, D. D., and wife N. Y. City. 

Sheldon T. Viele Buffalo, N. Y. 

Menzo Van Voorhis Rochester, N. Y. 

W. H. Vredenbergh, and son Freehold, N. J. 

Judah B. Voorhees, Deputy Surrogate, and wife, and 
Miss Barkaloo, and 

Mrs. Geran Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Hon. L. L. Van Allen, and sister 

Miss Agnes Van Allen N. Y. City. 

Geo. W. Van Siclen, Secretary of The Holland Society, 

N. Y. City. 
Theo. V. Van Heusen, and son 

William Manning Van Heusen Albany, N. Y. 

Chas. E. Lydecker N. Y. City. 

John L. Swits Schenectady, N. Y 



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Guests Accompanying Them. 

H. B. Gates, and sister 

Miss Gates South Orange, N. J. 

Frank Pearson Jersey City, N. J. 

Lee W. Case Schenectady, N. Y. 

Geo. H. Howard Washington, D. C. 

Alex. J. Thomson Schenectady, N. Y. 

Lehman Israels, 

Special Correspondent of the " N. Y. Herald." 

As soon as this breakfast was over all began to talk 
genealogy, as the most common ground for acquaint- 
ance on this peculiar trip. 

It may be remarked in passing that for the next 
three days, whenever the party were not otherwise 
occupied, they all talked genealogy. Each had an* 
intense interest in the particulars relating to his own 
family, with a somewhat languid concern for the 
families of the others. 

The afternoon was bright, the sea was calm 
and smooth; everyone thought nothing could be 
pleasanter than a sea voyage. About 5 o'clock came 
the welcome sound of the dinner-bell. Again all the 
seats were filled, all were happy. Soon, however, 
began to be felt the long roll of the ocean, and one 
by one the pilgrims left the table and sought seclu- 
sion, until only about one-half of the number 
remained at the conclusion of the first dinner. 

The first night at sea has been so often described, 
and is so familiar to all from the vivid sketches of 
more experienced travelers, that it is hardly worth 
while to attempt to portray the emotions that filled 
the breasts of our pilgrims as the night wore on. 

The morning of Sunday was cloudy and cold, and 
the sea rather rough. Most of the pilgrims contrasted 
the glories of the previous morning with the dis- 



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comforts of this first Sunday, and found the reverse 
side of the picture their imaginations had presented 
of the beauties of a sea voyage. There was no thought 
of any attempt to hold any religious exercises. We 
however struck the Grulf Stream in the evening, and 
the weather became warmer and the sea smoother. 

Monday, July 30, was clear and much warmer, 
the water smooth. As soon as all who were able had 
finished their morning coffee the first edict of the 
voyage was promulgated. We were directed to pre- 
pare, forthwith, and hand to Mr. Israels, the versatile 
special correspondent of the " Herald," who accom- 
panied us, a succinct account of our Dutch descent ; 
and we were particularly instructed to insert therein 
any romantic incidents or legends that occurred in 
our family traditions. " But," said Van, " suppose we 
have n't any." "Then," said the autocrat, "invent 
some. If you are not sure of the proper name of 
your great-grandfather give him a good sounding 
one, and be sure to get in the romance. The en- 
terprise of the great American newspaper must be 
rewarded." 

Accordingly all went to work, and at intervals " our 
special correspondent," in whom we took much pride, 
was presented with our effusions. With these he 
retired to the recesses of his special stateroom, on the 
main deck, where secure from interruption he pre- 
pared several huge packages. These we saw mailed 
on our arrival, but their contents we were not to 
ascertain for many days after. Nothing else of 
interest occurred during the day, except that we 
passed a French steamboat, about 5 p. m., bound for 
New -York. This was the only steamship we passed 
on the voyage, and Van observed that we probably 



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would not have passed her if she had been going the 
other way. 

Tuesday, July 31, was clear, warm, and beauti- 
ful all day. Those of the pilgrims whose descent 
from the beggars of the sea was best proved by their 
immunity from seasickness thoroughly enjoyed the 
day. The others, who heretofore had been struggling 
through all the miseries of their situation, now began 
to revive and appear on deck, to think that life was 
worth living, and to manifest some interest in what 
was going on. The evening will long remain vividly 
impressed on the memories of all who were on deck 
by the beautiful display of the starry sky, and one 
good dominie was sufficiently recovered from his ills 
to walk the deck, gaze upon the scene with emotion, 
and softly murmur to himself : " The heavens declare 
the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his 
handiwork." 

Wednesday, August 1, gave us a clear morning 
and a quiet sea. All had by this time recovered 
their equilibrium, all were acquainted, all had become 
accustomed to the routine of the existence, and as the 
subject of genealogy had become worn out every- 
body began to thirst for new excitement. So, with 
that originality of idea that always strikes a ship's 
company about this time on a voyage, a mock trial 
was arranged of which Van Siclen was the victim, 
and this served to pass away the morning. The 
pictures taken by the pictoriographer of the expedi- 
tion will give a more vivid idea of this amusement 
than can any words of the historian. This day was 
also signalized by the formation of the " Quartette"; 
an organization which added greatly to the pleasure 
and profit of every occasion when the pilgrims came 



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together afterwards during the voyage. The quar- 
tette was composed of Dr. Elmendorf, Mr. Van 
Siclen, and Mr. Lydecker of the Society, and Mr. 
Leopold Von Lindau, a fellow voyager, and a most 
agreeable gentleman and charming musician. 

Thursday, August 2, was only marked in the 
morning by the first concert of the quartette, which 
was received with great applause. In the evening 
after dinner the great American spirit innate in all 
Anglo-Saxon blood asserted itself. After being re- 
pressed by stress of circumstance for nearly a week, 
it finally broke out with force and energy. A public 
meeting was held with all due form and ceremony, 
and various parliamentary proceedings were gone 
through with, with great zest and pleasure. At this 
meeting Dr. Suydam and Mr. Viele were appointed 
historians of the expedition, Dr. Van Duyn was ap- 
pointed pictoriographer, and Mr. Robert A. Van Wyck 
was elected to fill the difficult and onerous position 
of marshal for the rest of the voyage. An assess- 
ment of $3 was also laid upon each member for the 
purpose of procuring funds for the pictoriographer 
to obtain a collection of photographs for the archives 
of the Society. This meeting was the result of a dis- 
cussion that had been going on for the preceding two 
days among the various groups on the deck and in 
the smoke-room. It was felt by all that in some 
way an expression should be made of the fact that 
this was only a jaunt for pleasure and sentiment, and 
that there was no " business " in any way to be asso- 
ciated with it, either in our minds or in the minds of 
those with whom we might come in contact in Hol- 
land ; that it was a " sentimental journey" and not a 
business venture. This was the fundamental spirit 



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of the expedition, unanimously concurred in, and 
every occasion was taken afterwards to emphasize 
this in every way. Incident to this feeling, and as a 
sort of side issue, came up the question of any attempt 
on our part to reciprocate at this time any hospitali- 
ties that might be shown us. After a somewhat 
heated discussion, which was carried on with true par- 
liamentary vigor, the question of the dinner was satis- 
factorily settled by a resolution which was passed, 
that " it is inexpedient on this trip to give a dinner 
in Holland." The rest of the evening was passed 
most pleasantly in listening to a concert from the 
quartette, and to the uproar of college glees sung with 
great spirit by the improvised choir of the Society, 
which now first put in its appearance as an auxiliary 
to the quartette. It had been found that there were 
representatives in the company from many of the lead- 
ing colleges in the country, and that they all had some 
slight idea of tune and an abundant capacity for noise ; 
so the choir became also an established institution. 

Friday, August 3, was rainy and unpleasant; 
there was little to occupy the minds of most of the 
members, and so the spirit of mischief entered into 
the brains of the choir. A number of them put their 
heads together and worked out a little surprise for 
the evening's amusement. The informal meeting, 
after dinner, of the Society had now become an insti- 
tution, and so, after the quartette had given us their 
music with great pleasure, the choir produced their 
first effusion, which was received with much more 
enthusiasm than its merits warranted. It is here 
given as the first original chant of the expedition, 
and to mark the first steps of our progress in the 
poetical line. It was " The Son of a Van," and ran 
about as follows : 



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THE SON OF A VAN. 

(Air : " Son of a Gambolier.") 
WRITTEN FOR THE CLUB BY MESSRS. VAN HEUSEN AND VTELE. 

We came from Jersey City, 

For Rotterdam we steer, 
And ancient Neptune's drunken reel 

Made some of us feel queer ; 
But now we're getting better 

And courage Dutch display 
As in our corporations big 

We jam eight meals a day. 

Cho.— I'm a Van of a Van, of a Van, of a Van, 

Of a Van of a way back line, 
Like every honest burgher 

I 'd rather gin than wine ; 
And Edam cheese and Heinneker bier, 

I bed you dot vas fine ; 
I 'm a Van of a Van, of a Van, of a Van, 

Of a Van of a way back line. 

Our gallant Secretary, 

His whiskers blow about, 
And daily to our vision clear 

He 's growing wondrous stout. 
And our serio-comic tenor, 

One Elmendorf, D. D., 
Just opes his throat and a silvery note 

Floats o'er the deep blue sea. 

Now Gr. Y. Van, the tired man, 

Again re-tired feels, 
As the Mayor of Poughkeepsie 

Pulls wires from his heels ; 
And Jim Van Voast eats eggs on toast, 

And frozen coffee drinks ; 
But Harman Veeder saves his Case 

And with the purser winks. 



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Now Doc. Van Duyn, he pulls the twine, 

Drops a nickle in the slot, 
And photographs the fleeting grin 

Instanter — on the spot ; 
Now Swits, the " Marvel-to-himself," 

Can keep his dinner down, 
But Thomson from mock-trials runs, 

His troubles for to drown. 

There 's Fort who hates his dinner, 

And our marshal who iconH drink, 
While Hasbrouck and Van Allen 

Of naught but girlies think ; 
While Voorhees, John, J. M., and C. 

Frisk happily about, 
And with their coy voluptuous gaze 

They cut the mashers out. 

It is here appropriate to say something about the ship. 
Certainly if our experiences were in any way a sample 
of the voyages of the Netherlands American Line this 
Company can safely be recommended to the traveling 
public. The ship was commodious and steady. The 
officers were obliging and polite, and at the same time 
thoroughly attentive to their duty in every way. The 
discipline was good and every possible attention was 
paid to the safety of the ship. This seemed to be the 
first essential rather than the rapidity of the voyage, 
and it is a characteristic that is calculated to inspire 
confidence. The fittings of the ship were new, clean, 
and neat. The ladies' room on the upper deck was very 
handsome, with its Dutch tile ; while the smoke-room 
was fully appreciated both for its comfort and its 
quaint panels illustrating Dutch life and character. 
We all had plenty of room, which is not often the case 
on the larger lines. The table was excellent, and the 
service good. The meals were served in courses, and 
were abundant in variety and quantity. A sample 
dinner in the middle of the voyage is here given: 



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MENU. 

S. S. Amsterdam, 5th August, 1888. 

Dinner. 

Soup Royale. 

Petit pates de veau. 

Roast beef, spinach. 

Calf's head, sauce Hollandaise. 

Roast ham, green peas. 

Roast pigeons, stewed pears. 

Pastry. 

Fruits. Coffee. 

Saturday, August 4, was cloudy and damp, and 
at dinner we had our first experience of the most 
dismal feature of ocean travel, the fog whistle. This 
was then heard for the first time and took away much 
of the pleasure of the meal. However, after dinner 
the choir assembled and did their best to cheer the 
spirits of the passengers, and then was heard for the 
first time the second effusion. This was by Mr. 
Charles E. Lydecker, and was the "Pilgrimage to 
Holland, July, 1888." 

THE PILGRIMAGE TO HOLLAND. 

(Air : " Oranje boven al.") 

Across the bounding dark blue sea 

Goes forth our Holland Society 
On a rollicking, novel kind of a spree 

To the ancestral home ; 
To land of dykes and dunes and mills, 

To land of pure Gen ever stills, 
To land of resolute strong Dutch wills, 

We come, we come, we come. 

Cho. — To land of dvkes and dunes and mills, etc. 



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We havo Wins, and I loos, and .Hoes, and Huys, 
I ( iii Dort's, on Dams, en Dnvns, En Lys, 

En Veeders, Vieles, Voasta and Ports, 

And various other sorts ; 
We have Books ami Bogarts, Swits and Velts, 
Hasbroiu'ks, and llnbbards, and eke Van Pelts, 

And Waerths and Loos and Spaders (not Celts) 
To storm the old Dutch ports.— Chorus. 

Met met worst. eien on aspersie 

Snij boonen, erwten, on plie 
Eendvogel, komkommer, Bpinarie, 

We gel there all the same : 
Tuinbonje, ossenvleesoh, Schnapps, Schiedam, 

Aardappelen, Lamsbout, Visoh, Edam, 
Frambosen, Beyoheville, Amsterdam, 

We gel there all (ho same. — CHORUS. 

When dark the sky. and waves run high, 
And spray with sting blinds every eye, 

We ever try to wet our dry 

BelOW the cabin stair; 
For home and loved ones lot't behind. 

The toast oomes ever to the mind, 

Ami to ourselves we must be kind. 
Ami all the same got there. — CHORUS. 

This was received with such enthusiasm thai the fog 
arose about 9 p. u.and everybody wont to bed happy, 

Sunday, August 5j found tlio weather still cloudy 
and misty, but the son was ealm, and tho entire party 
felt the appropriateness o\' celebrating divine service. 
Service was accordingly held at 10 a. m. aud was a 
very impressive occasion, Led with good taste and 
effectiveness by Dr. Suydani and Or. Ehnendort'. 
The sermon preached on that occasion by Or. Elmen- 

dorf was so striking and so appropriate, that many 
of the hearers asked that it be preserved in the 
records o\' the expedition. It is accordingly here- 
with inserted with great satisfaction and pleasure 
bv the historian. 



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PRE-DESTINATION NOT FATALISM. 

A sermon preached in the saloon of the steamer Amster- 
dam, Sabbath^ August 5, L888, on the excursion of 
The Holland Society of New-York to Holland, by 
I lev. J. Ehnendorf I). I). 

$aui saio to t 0e Centurion ano to t0e gofotere, (Except 
tBeee afiioe in t0e ttfyip & cannot fie eaueo. 

PAUL tlio prisoner had become the acknowledged 
master of the situation. His warning,— " sirs, 
I perceive that this voyage will be with injury and 
much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but 
also of our lives,"— with which he endeavored to pre- 
vent the officers of the ship from leaving their 
anchorage at Crete, in the face of equinoctial storms, 
bad doubtless been remembered with bitter regret, 
because it was unheeded, and with growing convic- 
tion of his superior wisdom. When, therefore, he 
stood forth and declared to hisdespairing companions, 
" I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall bo 
no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship," 
and then gave the words of the angel of God to him 
as the ground of his promise, wo may be sure they 
were all ready to receive his communication with 
unspeakable gratitude, and to regard him as their 
great deliverer. 

Their awakened confidence and gratitude were not 
to be accepted as a tribute to himself, but were to be 
used in effecting their escape. God would not deliver 
them by a miracle, but by their most careful and 
energetic employment of the means at hand. 



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Two instances of Paul's asserted authority are 
given in the narrative. When by soundings the 
sailors found that the vessel was driving toward a 
rocky coast, knowing that the crisis of their peril was 
near, they selfishly determined to take their chances 
of escape in the ship's boat and leave their compan- 
ions to their fate. The pretext by which they tried 
to do this was in an attempt to cast anchors out of 
the fore ship. But the alertness of Paul detected their 
scheme, and his prompt words to the centurion and 
soldiers were: "Except these abide in the ship, ye 
cannot be saved." Help for their deliverance would 
be needed, which only these experienced sailors could 
render, and if this was not secured, themselves would 
yet be lost. No one doubted his word now; so at 
once the soldiers cut the ropes of the boat and let her 
fall into the sea. 

Then another want was more vigor and endur- 
ance than their long toil and fast had left them, for 
the hardships yet before them ; and so, with reviving 
and inspiriting cheerfulness, they must take food. 
This they did from the force of Paul's advice and 
example. 

These two recorded facts prove Paul's careful 
regard for and attention to the natural conditions of 
escape from their encompassing dangers. 

But this important question quite certainly arises 
in every thoughtful mind : How could one who had 
made the unqualified declaration by divine authority, 
" There shall be no loss of any man's life among you," 
afterward consistently assert, " Except these abide in 
the ship ye cannot be saved " ? 

He could do this, my friends, through being an 
intelligent predestinarian instead of a fatalist. 



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This difference, which we really need clearly to see 
and remember, Panl radiantly exemplified through 
all his Christian career. 

While other inspired authors most clearly and 
resistlessly declare the doctrine of God's decrees, it is 
in the writings of Paul that the most numerous and 
most significant references to it are found. He is pre- 
eminently the establisher and expounder of the truth 
of divine foreordination. In the IXth of Romans he 
fully states the doctrine and answers objections to it 
until he reaches the sovereign will of God as the final 
and sufficient reason for his decrees. " Nay, but, 
man, who art thou that disputest with God ? " 

In another place he gives this concise and comfort- 
ing view of the relations of believers to God's provi- 
dence and purpose of grace : " We know that all things 
work together for good to them who are the called 
according to his purpose. For whom he did fore- 
know he also did predestinate to be conformed to the 
image of his Son, that he might be the first-born 
among many brethren. Moreover, whom he did pre- 
destinate them he also called : and whom he called 
them he also justified : and whom he justified them 
he also glorified." 

In writing to the Ephesians he accounts for their 
great spiritual blessing in this way : " According as 
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ hath chosen us 
in him, before the foundation of the world, that we 
should be holy and without blame before him in love, 
having predestinated us unto the adoption of children 
by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good 
pleasure of his will." 

In his letters to the Colossians, to Timothy, and to 
Titus, he speaks again and again of the " elect." It 



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is abundantly manifest that this truth is fundamental 
in his convictions, and that it could hardly pervade 
his thoughts more thoroughly if the sublime words 
of the Lord by Isaiah were ever uppermost in his 
mind : " Remember the former things of old, for I am 
God, and there is none else ; I am God, and there is 
none like me. 

" Declaring the end from the beginning, and from 
ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, 
My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure." 

But while the proof abounds in all Paul's writings 
that his belief in the purposes of God and his reli- 
ance upon His providence were in him forces of tire- 
less energy and sources of exhaustless strength and 
consolation, we look in vain for his slightest approach 
to presumptuousness in either secular or spiritual 
matters. His conviction was as clear and deep and 
constant that the means were divinely appointed, as 
that the end was certain; and that in all human ex- 
perience the use of the means was indispensable to the 
securing of the end. 

We find among others this striking instance of his 
constraining sense of responsibility in accomplishing 
an event which God had just told him must occur. 

In one of the violent disturbances between the 
Sadducees and Pharisees in Jerusalem over Paul's 
preaching, the chief captain, fearing they would pull 
him in pieces, commanded the soldiers to rescue and 
bring him into the castle. In the following night, 
" The Lord stood by him and said, Be of good cheer, 
Paul : for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, 
so must thou bear witness also at Rome? 

On the very next morning Paul learned through 
his nephew that forty Jews had entered into a con- 



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spiracy to kill him, and had sworn not to eat or drink 
until they had done this. How natural would have 
been the answer — Oh, God will take care of this. He 
has just told me that I must witness for him in 
Rome, and he will see that I get there. Did he do 
this ? No, indeed. He immediately sent the young 
man by a centurion to the chief captain with his 
statement. And by means of the information thus 
given his destruction was prevented and his safety 
secured. 

Now why did not the apostle quietly and without 
effort leave the matter to his Almighty Lord, from 
whose mouth he had the fullest assurance that he 
should see Rome? Because he was not a fatalist; 
because he did not believe only half of the doctrine 
of the divine decrees. He knew, as we know, and as 
another has concisely said, " God makes use of the 
prudence with which he has endowed man, as an agent 
in the very providence" that befriends him. Paul 
knew, as we all ought to, " that to neglect the natural 
means of safety with which God provides us is to 
tempt and dishonor him, and induce him in judg- 
ment to employ those means against us which in his 
mercy he had designed for our comfort and salva- 
tion." So he at once used his best wisdom and the 
means at hand to save his own life. 

In all his religious course, also, the same broad, 
practical consistency marks his thoughts, words, and 
acts. 

While referring his conversion and Christian hope 
wholly to the sovereign grace and electing love of 
God, and cherishing unshaken confidence that "He 
who had begun a good work in him would finish it 
until the day of Jesus Christ," yet he gave the most 
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earnest "diligence to make his calling and election 
sureP He was stimulated to the most energetic and 
best adapted religious efforts, as if by a constantly 
apprehended possibility that he might yet lose the 
prize in the Christian race, fail of reaching the victor's 
crown in the Christian warfare, or fall short of the 
final plaudit of his Lord. His own intense words 
were, "I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so 
fight I, not as one that beateth the ah' : But I keep 
under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that 
by any means, when I have preached to others, I 
myself should be a castaway." 

In the discharge of every duty, in every place, at 
every time, in every relation, Paul strove as if there 
were no decree, all the while believing and feeling that 
his striving would be futile, except as it harmon- 
ized with and accomplished the divine purpose. Or 
better, he strove as one who knew that his striving 
was as essentially a part of the decree as was the end 
it was to effect. 

The critical worldly reason sees only contradiction 
in the mental state of one who trusts God implicitly 
to do something, and yet feels that it will not be 
done unless he does it himself. Is not the reconcilia- 
tion found in the view that God makes the man his 
voluntary instrument in doing what he will have done ? 

Paul brings this out with ever enduring sublimity 
and sufficiency in his appeal to the Philippian Chris- 
tians: "Wherefore, my beloved, work out your own 
salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God 
which worketh in you, both to will and to do of his 
good pleasure." 

This was Paul's mind as he stood forth on the 
drifting wreck before that panic-stricken, despairing 



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company. His words were : " There stood by me this 
night the angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, 
saying, Fear not, Paul ; thou must be brought before 
Caesar: and lo, God hath given thee all them that 
sail with thee. Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer : for 
I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me." 

But, as he accepted the providential information 
that forty Jews had conspired to kill him as God's 
warning that he must do what he could to thwart 
their murderous scheme, so now, he accepted God's 
cheering purpose and promise as a reason for taking 
new and confident courage, and making their best 
efforts to escape the threatening destruction. He did 
not expect God to do for them what he had given 
them the power and encouragement to do for them- 
selves. 

So, when the only competent and appointed work- 
ers were about to desert them, he said : " Except these 
abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved." 

There was much to be done, which only these 
experienced sailors could do. The ship was to be 
farther lightened; the anchors must be taken up; 
the rudder bands must be loosed ; the mainsail must 
be hoisted up to the wind ; all that skillful seaman- 
ship could dictate and effect must be done, until the 
vessel should strike the shore and go in pieces, as it 
had been foretold she should. Then, when all this 
had been done, as the bow grounded immovably, and 
the hinder part of the ship was broken with the vio- 
lence of the waves, some by swimming and some on 
fragments of the wreck reached the land, and all, 
according to the promise, were saved. 

All this working was a clear discharge of duty, 
because it was according to the dictates of sober 



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reason and the promptings of practical common 
sense. How unreasonable and wicked, in the light 
of Paul's example, would have been the advice of a 
fatalist ; i. e., one who holds that all things take place 
by necessity, irrespective of means. His counsel, 
under the words of the angel of God, must have 
been, " Do nothing, but wait and see what God will 
do for our deliverance." When he saw one in the 
water striking out for the shore, his command must 
have been, " Stop exhausting yourself by swimming, 
God is pledged to bring us to the land ! " And to 
those frantically clinging to their supports he must 
have shouted, " Don't weary and bruise yourselves in 
holding on to your boards and beams, but cling to 
the divine promise: there shall be no loss of any 
man's life among you." 

Consistent fatalism must forbid or neglect the use 
of means for the accomplishment of any end, whether 
of recognized slight or great importance. Holding 
the view that these ends are absolutely predetermined, 
and that nothing done or left undone can change 
them, the employment or the omission to employ 
agencies amounts to the same thing. Therefore, the 
fatalist who purposes and tries to do anything is 
contradicting his faith. If he would like to be in a 
distant place, at a particular time, it is entirely use- 
less for him to look after the means of accomplishing 
the journey; for, according to his faith, if he is fated 
to be there, nothing need help, as nothing can hinder, 
the event. If he desire to possess something he has 
only to wait and see whether it is decreed that he 
shall have it. Eating is useless except as an enjoy- 
ment, — and even that ought to come without eating, 
if one is to have it ; better, therefore, eating is use- 



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less except as a habit, for one's life must continue to 
its appointed end whether he eat or not. So prepos- 
terous is this belief when reduced to practice. Yet 
some may be found in well nigh every Christian com- 
munity who claim to hold this view. Their busy 
lives contradict their own words, and show how 
superficial and insincere is their profession. 

The great majority of reasonable people, however, 
who believe in the revealed perfections of G-od, hold 
the doctrine of decrees, — at least, concerning all 
worldly matters, — as Paul believed it, and act ac- 
cordingly. If they wish to go anywhere, to possess 
or effect anything, to defeat any harmful project, 
however confidently they believe that the omniscient 
God knows what the issue is to be, — and that there- 
fore it must be determined according to and in order 
to that knowledge, — they exercise their best wisdom 
in selecting their means and methods, and energetic- 
ally and persistently use these to achieve the desired 
end. Had they been or were they in peril as Paul 
was from those murderous conspirators; had they 
been with him on the endangered vessel, they would 
have done, they would do, as he and his companions 
did. Reasonable beings instinctively, and by prin- 
ciples which deepen and strengthen in their life 
experiences, employ the powers with which their 
Creator has endowed them, and the agencies he has 
made subject to them, in effecting the things that 
seem to be desirable and right. Their lives every- 
where and ever, whether with or without any regard 
to the subject, prove that he who knows the end from 
the beginning includes the means which are to accom- 
plish it as certainly as the end to be accomplished 
in his decree. Any other theory of foreordination, 



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reduced to practice, results in the folly of expecting 
something from nothing. 

But it is only in worldly matters that this wide 
conformity of action to conviction is found. Many 
who illustrate it everywhere else, when they come to 
the religious life and interests turn fatalists, and by 
their words sometimes, and of tener by their conduct, 
say, " If I am to be saved, I shall be saved without 
my own efforts ; but if I am to be lost, I cannot help 
it." And some who are unwilling to echo this bald 
view reach the same ground through modified forms 
of erroneous thought and speech : " God must save 
me, therefore I can do nothing to save myself." 
" Faith is his gift, and until he bestows it I cannot 
believe. The Holy Spirit must quicken me, and 
until he does this I cannot move spiritually." These, 
like the fatalist's decrees, are only half-truths. God 
must save us ; but instead of teaching us that we can 
do nothing toward this, he declares just the opposite 
truth : " Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." 
" Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be 
saved." 

Faith is God's gift, but the act of believing is ours ; 
and how shall any know whether He has bestowed 
the gift until himself tries to believe ? While men 
profess to be waiting for the quickening power of the 
Holy Spirit, God says to them, " Ye do always resist 
the Holy Ghost." 

The cause of all these erroneous pleas is forgetful- 
ness of the fact that in religious matters as in all the 
duties and experiences of life God deals with us as 
reasonable and moral beings. Many seem to think 
that God must save their souls, as men save an ox or 
an ass that has fallen into a pit, by lifting or forcing 



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it, without its cooperation, or against its resistance, 
from a place of danger to one of safety. But God 
saves men's souls by moving them through the same 
intellectual and moral powers by which he saves 
their endangered bodies, and with the same kind of 
motives. When menaced by murderous conspirators, 
or exposed to destruction on a foundering ship, the 
value men set on their earthly existence, and a sense 
of their obligation to continue it, make them use 
with greatest promptness and persistence the best 
available means for their deliverance. So, if men 
believe that their immortal souls are periled by their 
roaring and devouring enemy, and that they are in 
danger of sinking into the depths of eternal anguish 
and despair, they must put forth efforts for their own 
salvation by the use of the means which God hath 
appointed to effect this. 

Thus did Paul. When, under the flashings of the 
heavenly vision that arrested his persecuting way to 
Damascus, he learned his danger, his first cry was, 
" Lord, what wilt thou have me to do f " And from 
that moment until he could say, " I have finished my 
course," he exemplified how doing God's will, or 
obeying God's word, demonstrates to the doer its 
divine origin and authority, and makes him the con- 
scious subject of his saving power. 

Is it said, surely, when we enter the sphere of true 
and saving religious experience, we are subject to 
and dependent upon a peculiar, mysterious, and in- 
comprehensible influence of the Holy Spirit ? Yes, 
indeed ! In this life we can hardly hope to be able to 
comprehend how God can work within a soul both to 
will and to do of his good pleasure, and yet leave 
that soul wholly free and responsible in its own will- 



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ing and doing. Yet both these things are facts ; for 
the divine scriptures assert the first, and equally with 
human consciousness affirm the other. But they are 
no more facts in the religious than they are in the 
other experiences of life. Men while freely willing 
and doing in their worldly projects are as directly 
fulfilling the divine plans and making "his counsel 
to stand," as they are by their religious efforts. And 
clearly we are no more dependent upon Grod for 
spiritual life, than we are for that which animates 
body and mind in our worldly activities. 

The providence of Grod and his management of the 
world, so that he is " doing all his pleasure " by the 
free and responsible acts of men, is as profound a 
mystery as is the great economy of grace by which 
he is gathering an elect people unto himself. But 
we have nothing to do with the mysteries. " Secret 
things belong to God: but those things which are 
revealed belong unto us and to our children, forever, 
that we may do all the words of his law." 

For the individual soul the way is plain. Step by 
step it must follow the path of duty at the time 
before it. " Then shall we know if we follow on to 
know the Lord." Act after act of obedience to the 
command now heard fulfills to the soul Christ's 
words, "He that hath my commandments and 
keepeth them, he it is that loveth me : and he shall 
be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will 
manifest myself to him." 

And when one knows that he is a sinner, and that 
unless he repents, and believes in the Lord Jesus 
Christ, he will perish in his sins, he is no more 
authorized to delay the discharge of his duty by 
raising the question of the relation of his salvation 



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to the decrees of God, than is the man who has taken 
poison, accidentally, and who holds in his hand the 
antidote, to delay swallowing it by the inquiry, " Is it 
decreed that I shall live or die ! " There is but one 
reply for such. Swallow the antidote or die ! Believe 
on the Lord Jesus Christ or perish ! 



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After dinner the choir again assembled, but in 
deference to the day confined their efforts to psalms 
and hymns and spiritual songs, which were given by 
the efficient aid of the quartette with good effect. 
Van remarked that it spoke well for the general 
bringing up of the company that so many of them 
seemed familiar with so many hymns. 

The fog whistle, by this time grown almost too 
familiar, accompanied us as we went to bed. 

Monday, August 6, was more clear and pleasant in 
the morning, and the entire party were on deck. 
Then occurred the trial of Dr. Suydam for the 
alleged theft of certain necessary wearing apparel 
from his room-mate. Unfortunate as it may seem 
this was founded upon an actual fact, and the histo- 
rian can only draw a veil over the details of the 
occurrence. Our friend, the fog whistle, put in its 
usual appearance at dinner and accompanied us 
during part of the evening ; but the choir, nothing 
daunted, gave their usual evening medley, and pro- 
duced, for the novelty of that evening, a rhyming 
account of the voyage, by Dr. Suydam, entitled " The 
Departure " : 
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THE DEPARTURE. 

The time, it was the summer, and the year was eighty-eight, 
And Jersey was the city, and Jersey was the State, 
Where the Dutchmen came together with gripsack in the 

hand, 
To make the start for Holland, the dear old Motherland. 

They bade good-bye to mothers, to wives, and children dear, 
The smile was forced, the voice was low that spoke the 

words of cheer ; 
And the face that once was lion, assumed the phase of lamb, 
As it faded in the distance on the deck of the Amsterdam. 

'T was beautiful to look upon as downward through the bay 
From cities dense, 'twixt islands green, the good ship 

-plowed her way ; 
Old ocean in his mildest mood received her to his arms, 
Which caused the timid passengers to banish all alarms. 

The night was passed, the morning came, the sun rose 
bright and clear, 

The call to break the matin fast was welcomed without fear 

By only a few of that Dutchmen crew, since Neptune 'gan 
to roll; 

While the others lay in their berths below to pay the exact- 
ing toll. 

The world had rolled but three times round and then the 

festal board 
Received anew the absent ones, again with strength restored ; 
Since then, at every call of bell, they 're waiting at the door ; 
Five times a day they eat, and eat, and still they cry for more. 

On deck it 's quite amusing, and quite instructive, too, 
To note the themes of converse 'mong this peculiar crew, 
'T is talk of years of long ago when o'er this same wide sea 
Their fathers sailed, unto our land, to plant the family tree. 

The Mohawk Vans were there, and theVans from Jersey shore ; 
From the Hudson came the Huguenots, and other Vans a score. 
While others still, of blood as pure, from old Long Island 

came. 
And Northern lake, and Southern clime, still added to the 

same. 



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All cousins in their native land, across the sea they 're borne 
To see from whence their fathers came two hundred years 

agone ; 
To recall the deeds of valor, and the battles that they won, 
"Whence came the boon of freedom to the land of setting 

sun. 

G-ood fortune all attend them, may gods of sea and land 
Give favoring gales, send balmy air, in forest and on strand, 
And the God on high, who rules in sky, his lesser powers 

retain 
To guard these genial Dutchmen, and bring them home 

again. 

Tuesday, August 7, came in with the fog still attend- 
ing ns. The fog whistle blew almost all day, and in the 
evening, until everybody was fatigued and nervous 
from the monotonous repetition. In the afternoon the 
excitement grew intense at what was supposed to be 
the first glimpse of land. Off on our left, as the fog 
lifted a moment, the captain said that a little patch 
of what looked like mist to the pngrims was really 
the first land of our outward voyage. We were by 
this time so accustomed to put full faith in every- 
thing that he did and said that we accepted his state- 
ment with gratitude, but were unable to verify it by 
our own senses. We passed the Scilly Islands in a 
dense fog and our signals were unsuccessful. Quiet 
was necessary on the ship, in order that any approach- 
ing danger might easily be heard; so the evening 
meeting in the saloon was not held, and the choir 
were obliged to have a few songs in an undertone in 
the recesses of the smoke-room. The ship made but 
little progress during the entire day and night, sound- 
ing and feeling her way through the fog into the 
dreaded English Channel with caution and discretion 
that proved the able seamanship of her commander. 



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Wednesday, August 8, found us still in the fog, 
which seemed to grow denser and denser. The 
sounds of life could now and then be heard through 
the mist, but nothing could be seen through the 
almost darkness that surrounded us. At 11.15 in the 
morning we dropped anchor to await the rising of 
the fog. It was a striking illustration to the histo- 
rian of the exact nature of the seamanship of to-day 
that was then by accident afforded him. Just before 
the anchor was dropped the historian was standing 
where he could watch the captain at work in the 
chart-room over the charts and logs spread around 
him. A sailor brought to him the last soundings, 
the water mark indicating on the line the depth of 
water, and the tallow at the bottom of the lead show- 
ing the soil. The captain cut the latter out, looked 
at it a moment, saw the depth indicated by the line, 
and then looking up, and happening to catch the 
historian's eye, he pointed to a spot on the chart as 
indicating our position. This was just off Brighton, in 
a narrow part of the Channel. Then came the order 
to drop anchor. Absolute quiet was necessary in 
order that careful watch could be kept on all sides ; 
all the officers were on the bridge and the crew at 
their posts. The unusual circumstance of a stoppage 
being necessary at this stage of our journey cast a 
gloom over the entire party, and the hours were passed 
in as comfortable a state as could be until long after 
dinner. About 9 p. m. the fog suddenly lifted. The 
lights of England shone all round us ; and there we 
were, just where the captain had indicated, immedi- 
ately off Brighton, and the electric lights of the water- 
ing places showed clearly through the evening skies. 
The stars came out, all fog disappeared, the spirits of 



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the passengers arose with a bound, the ship started 
at full speed, and all on board were again happy. 
Then came the last meeting of the Society on the 
boat. This was held in the cabin, Vice-President 
Hasbrouck in the chair. After a solo by Van Siclen, 
in his fine bass voice, Mr. Van Heusen, Sr., offered 
the following resolution : 

"Resolved, That we, members of The Holland 
Society, here assembled on board the good ship 
Amsterdam, bound for Rotterdam, and quite near 
our destination, do most earnestly out of our hearts 
thank Secretary Geo. W. Van Siclen for his earnest, 
intelligent, and persevering efforts to promote and 
insure our comfort and pleasure on this voyage. 
' God zeegene hem.' " 

This was seconded, and carried with enthusiasm. 
Then the Rev. Mr. Suydam offered the following 
resolution : 

" Resolved, That The Holland Society place upon 
record its grateful appreciation of the treatment 
received during the present voyage from the repre- 
sentatives of the Netherlands American Steam Navi- 
gation Company, and from Captain Bonjer and the 
officers of the Amsterdam; especially for retaining 
the cabin for our accommodation, for the variety and 
abundance of provisions skillfully prepared, for the 
unexcelled service, for the uniform courtesy mani- 
fested by officers and subordinates, for the constant 
anticipation of our necessities, and our comfort. 

" Success to the Company ! Peace and safety to offi- 
cers and crew in the discharge of their perilous duties ! 

" And every blessing upon their wives and children 
at home ! " 



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Which was carried unanimously, with the addi- 
tion by Van Siclen that it be spread on the ship's 
book, and the further addition by Lydecker that all 
cabin passengers desiring to unite with us in this 
expression of our feelings on the ship's book be re- 
quested to so unite in the signing of the resolution. 
It was then resolved that Mr. Van Siclen be ap- 
pointed the representative of the Society to respond 
for the Society to any addresses of welcome that 
might be received after landing in Holland. Mr. 
Van Wyck then moved that we resolve ourselves into 
a glee club. This was carried with enthusiasm, and 
all of the old songs were resung ; and the crowning 
ebullition of the poetic muse of the voyage was then 
produced from the graceful pen of Dr. Elmendorf, as 
follows : 

THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW-YORK TO 
OLD HOLLAND. 

(Air : " Integer Vitae.") 

Land of our fathers, we thy shores are seeking, 

Drawn by thy glory, driven by filial love ; 
O'er each famed spot where waves as famed are breaking, 

Now we would fondly rove. 

Earth has no land more full of moral wonders ; 

No names are brighter on history's radiant page ; 
Symbols of peace, or echoing war's dread thunders — 

From age to following age. 

Liberty's champions, truth's most willing martyrs, 
Here taught the world how sweet it is to die 

For one's dear country ; for one's hope more precious 
Of immortality. 

Good men are better for the men of Holland ; 

Nations are nobler whose lives received her life ; 
Valor is firmer from the strength each right hand 

Gains from her holy strife. 



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Come we with reverence to the graves of grandsires ; 

Lay our heart offerings on their hallowed ground ; 
Go with the purpose their nobleness inspires, 

And worthy sons be found. 

God of our fathers, who their nation founded, 
Keep thou the people great, and strong, and pure ; 

In love of country, truth, and brethren grounded, 
"While nations shall endure. 

After the adjournment all again went on deck. 
The beautiful night and the excitement of being again 
under way under such auspicious circumstances, with 
the certainty that our voyage was almost ended, kept 
all from sleeping. There was much to be seen in the 
constant succession of lights on the English coast. 
The number of vessels continually passing, and the 
evidences all around us of human life, were in striking 
contrast with the isolation through which we had 
been traveling for so many days. At 11.30 we passed 
a large lighthouse station, with telegraphic com- 
munication to London, and accordingly we signaled 
our presence. This was done by a man in the bow 
with a green roman candle, a man in the center of 
the ship with a white, and another in the stern with 
a green, thus showing the colors of the Company. 
At the word of command these were all ignited at 
once and the effect was most pleasing. In a few 
moments came the answering signal from the tower ; 
and we knew that the next instant electric messages 
would be conveying the intelligence of our safety 
both to Holland and to America. 

Here ends the record of the voyage. It has been 
made as brief as mention of its principal events 
would allow. To those who participated in its pleas- 
ures this epitome of what happened will recall many 
happy hours and pleasant incidents. Although in a 



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measure overshadowed by the unexpected grandeur 
and warmth of our reception in Holland, yet the 
voyage of the Amsterdam on that memorable ex- 
pedition, and the kindness and seamanship of the 
gallant Bonjer and his associates, will ever remain 
most pleasing memories in the minds and hearts 
of the Pilgrims to Holland. 



II. — THE EECEPTION. 

THE morning of Thursday, August 9, found us in 
the North Sea, with clear sky and smooth water. 
Our curiosity and interest were strung to the highest 
pitch in the certainty that our long voyage was about 
over, and that the land of our forefathers soon would 
be before us. Crafts of every description were con- 
tinually passed, and all eyes were strained for the first 
glimpse of land. A most foreign looking vessel bore 
down upon us, and the Dutch pilot of the North Sea 
came on board. He was a most thorough specimen 
of an old salt, rather above the medium height, but 
massive and broad in construction, with a weather- 
beaten face, surrounded by a fringe of whiskers. 
Clad in a half naval uniform, he walked the bridge, 
intent only on his duty, and with no regard to the 
many curious eyes upon him. Soon on our port 
bow could be seen a long strip of what at first seemed 
like a thin cloud, but which rapidly assumed form 
and stability, and was seen to be low stretches of 
sand with banks and little hillocks built up by the 
wind and waves. This was our first glimpse of Hol- 
land. We noted with surprise the clear line of 
demarkation between the dark blue waters of the 



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North Sea, and the greenish, yellow-tinted waters of 
the Maas and Scheldt rivers. This at first appeared 
almost like a long narrow needle, in the clear water of 
the sea, but gradually became broader and wider and 
darker in color until it extended north and south as 
far as the eye could reach at the distance of six miles 
from shore. Then a great church with a massive 
tower appeared, rising apparently out of the sand, 
with nothing around it, and here and there a few 
lighthouse towers ; and these were the only prominent 
features of the landscape. In a few moments we 
entered the canal or Nieuw Waterweg at the Hoek of 
Holland. Our steamer was then decked with flags, 
the officers in full uniform, all in readiness for the 
welcome which awaited us. As we fairly entered the 
canal we began to see the distinctive characteristics 
of the Dutch scenery. Standing on the deck of the 
steamer, fifteen feet above the level of the canal, we 
seemed to be able to overlook the greater part of 
Holland. On the banks of the canal on either side 
were seen the tops of willows and birch trees, planted 
closely, with regularity, and trimmed so as to have no 
undergrowth. The land on both sides was much 
below the level of the banks of the canal, so that we 
looked down upon the land, which lay far below us. 
Hidden in clusters of green were seen the tops of 
houses, and in the fields, unmarked by fences, but 
really separated by low small ditches, were black and 
white cattle peacefully grazing. Soon the windmills 
began to appear on all sides ; some quiescent, some 
lazily moving their arms, others rapidly waving their 
great limbs. Presently a most business-like little 
steam yacht approached the vessel, and the custom- 
house officers came on board, accompanied by a small 
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reception committee. Then was given the first evi- 
dence of the many courtesies to be showered upon 
us. A gentleman appeared with a large number of 

tags on which were printed, Mr. , Member of 

The Holland Society of New York. Each of us was 
asked how many pieces of baggage he had ; and to 
each was given the requisite number of tags, with 
instructions to write his name on the tag, and place 
one on each piece of baggage. Every piece that bore 
one of these tags was passed without examination 
by the custom-house officers. This was an act of 
governmental courtesy as unexpected as it was grace- 
ful. Another tug decked with flags then appeared, 
steaming rapidly towards us, bearing a delegation 
from Rotterdam, who came on board and were intro- 
duced to many members of the party. The brass 
band who accompanied them escorted us on our way, 
playing American airs in honor of the visitors. All 
the shipping that we passed were decked with flags, 
and salutes and cheers were frequent. The pilgrims, 
excited by the occasion, and enthusiastic and patriotic 
to the highest degree, over and over again gave their 
cheer, which they had carefully prepared for the 
occasion, viz., Rah, Rah, Rah ; Rah, Rah, Rah ; Rah, 
Rah, Rah; B-o-n-j-e-r; Bon jer. In this way we 
passed Maasluis, Vlaardingen, and Schiedam, three 
smaller places on the river, and at length approached 
the wharves of Rotterdam. The city rose before us, 
full of life, and with many imposing structures. As 
we neared the wharf, about four o'clock in the after- 
noon, we could see the long gang-plank ready to be 
swung on board, and near by an immense mastiff 
watching every movement with intense interest. The 
moment the ship was fast and the plank moved 



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the dog bounded forward and was the first on board. 
He was the noble animal of the captain awaiting his 
return and manifesting in every way his joy at the 
arrival of his master. 

Here at the wharf we were met by a committee 
representing Rotterdam, among whom besides Mr. 
J. V. Wierdsma, director of the Netherlands Ameri- 
can Steamship Co., were Jhr. Otto Reuchlin, Mr. 
Hendrik P. H. Muller, Hzn., and many prominent 
gentlemen of the city. 

We were speedily placed in carriages and told to 
have no concern for our baggage. In a long proces- 
sion we were quickly transported through the town 
to a large railway station; there we disembarked, 
and for a few moments were left to ourselves to 
recover our composure after our exciting welcome. 
With characteristic American adaptability, we all 
fell to investigating the station, buying papers, light 
refreshments, and cigars, for the sake of having our 
first transactions in a foreign currency. Our greatest 
surprise in this line was experienced when we found 
that really fair cigars cost about two cents apiece. 
Shortly afterwards a special train drew into the 
station, and we were quickly aboard. The foreign 
cars, with their divisions into three carriages, running 
crosswise, seemed novel, and added to the general 
foreign feeling we all experienced. As a special mark 
of honor the King's railway carriage was placed at the 
disposal of the ladies of the party. We started about 
five o'clock and were rapidly carried, with few stops, 
to our destination. On either side, as we looked out, 
the distinctive features of the Dutch scenery pre- 
sented themselves ; a broad low country, with dark 
gray clouds in the sky ; flat meadows cut into regular 



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parallelograms by small canals; farm-houses sur- 
rounded by trees planted closely, and in straight lines, 
forming a square around the house ; black and white 
cattle everywhere ; well kept roads higher than the 
fields, traversing them at almost regular intervals; 
windmills everywhere, ranging from the baby wind- 
mill, about two feet high, at the end of minute ditches, 
up to the enormous towers wherein were pumps 
driven by steam. As we approached Amsterdam it 
almost seemed like the approach to the upper end of 
New York when coming in on the railroad ; blocks of 
houses a few squares off just being completed, and 
between them and the railroad a half -made and half- 
filled street stretching out, with its pavement yet 
unfinished. Amsterdam was reached about seven 
o'clock in the evening. Quickly disembarking we 
were met at the station by a reception committee, 
Messrs. Cazaux van Staphorst, J. Voute, Czn., and A. 
J. van Eeghen, with open carriages, and were driven 
in a sort of informal procession through the crowded 
streets to the hotel. Salutations were given us on 
every side, and as we approached the hotel the Ameri- 
can flag waving over its portal showed the welcome 
beneath its doors. The quickly arriving crowd of ac- 
tive Americans proved almost too much for the rather 
slow-moving temperament of the proprietors, but we 
were soon assigned to our rooms. The overflow were 
provided for in the Hotel Rondeel close by, and about 
nine o'clock we sat down to our first dinner. The 
hotel, which was the headquarters of the visitors 
while in Holland, was the Bracks Doelen, on Klo* 
veniersburgwal G-racht, a fairly comfortable hostelry, 
chosen for its central position. One or two of the 
party, who had made the journey before, had given 



PLATTE GBMD 



VAN 




MET SITUATIE 

van het Vondelspark, in verband met het 
nieuw aangelegde Willemspark, Natura Artis Magistra 

EN ALLE VE11DEUE NOODZAKELIJKE AANWIJZINGEN 
VOOll VREEMDELINGEN 

Herzien voor het j'aar 1888 



Prijs 



60 Cent 



A. J. VAN DER STOK Jr 



AMSTERDAM — Tj. VAN HOLKEMA 




MET SITUATIE 

van het Vondelspark, in verband met het 
nieuw aangelegde Willemspark, Natura Artis Magistra 

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VOORNAAMSTE LOGEMENTEN: 

Amstel-Hotel (aan de Hooge Sluis). 
Brack's Doelen (Doelenstraat). 
Hotel des Pays-Bas (Doelenstraat). 
Bible-Hotel ( Warmoesstr. en Damr.) 
Rondeel (Doelenstraat). 
Motel Ncuf (Kalverstraat). 
Mille Coloniies (Rembrandtplein). 
Hotel American (Leidscheplein). 
Hotel Adrian (Kalverstraat). 
Poolsche Koffiehnis (Kalverstraat). 
Hotel Kleiutjes (Kalverstraat). 
Hotel Oude Graaf „ 

Hotel Suisse (Kalverstraat). 
I)e Haas (Papenbrug). 
Stadt Elberfeld (0. Z Achterburgw.) 
Hotel Oldcwelt (Nieuwendijk). 
Wapen van Friesland (Warmoesstr.) 
Hotel Rembrandt (Rembrandtplein). 
Palais Royal (Paleisstraat). 
Hotel Hollandais (Leidscheplein). 
Hotel Haudelskade ( Czaar Peters tr.) 
Hotel Krasuapolsky (Warmoesstr.) 
Hotel Kloppenburg (Leidscheplein). 
Hotel du Passage iPrins Hendrikk.) 
Hotel Francais (Rokin). 
Hotel de V Europe (Singel). 
I let wapen v. Holland (1'. H.kade). 
Hotel Garai(Plantage Pransche hum |. 

VOORNAAMSTE RESTAURATIES: 

Krasnapolski (Warmoesstraat). 
Mille Colouues (Rembrandtplein). 
Die Port v. Cleve (bij 't Postkantoor) 
Cafe Restaurant Ned. Panopticum. 
Het Vosje (Rokin). 
De Tool (Rokin). 
American liar (Rokin). 
Cafe Suisse (Kalverstraat). 
De Karseboom (Kalverstraat). 
Hotel American (Leidscheplein). 
Palais Royal (Paleisstraat). 
Cafe Willemsen (Heiligenweg). 
Cafe Roscamm (Damrak). 
Restaurant Riche (Rokin). 

In bovenstaande rcstauraties ect nirn 
van 's midda.gs 2 — 7 '/a uur naar kcuze 
vo'.gens de spijskaart van den dag; bo- 
vendien is er in alle li6tels gelegenheid 
tot deelnanie aan de table d' hAte, des 
middags tussclien 5 — 6 */ a uur. In de Koffie- 
en Bierhuizen kan men zich van s mor- 
sens vroeg tot den avond laten bedienen 
met biefstuk, eieren en brood. Oester- 
winkels vindt men in de Kalverstraat, 
Rcguliersbreestiaat en in de Paleisstraat. 
Banket- likeur- en chocoladewinkels in 
de Kalverstraat en in enkele hoofdstraten. 
Ue vermaarde likeurwinkel van Wunand 
Fockink is in de Pijlstceg, toegang 
Damstraat, en die van Lucas Bols in 
de Kalverstraat. 

MANEGES, 

Vondelkade. 
Nieuwe Kcrkstraat. 



VOORNAAMSTE KOFFIEHUIZEN: 

Poolsche Koffiehuis (Kalverstraat;. 
Cafe Suisse (Kalverstraat) 
Die Port van Cleve (bij 'tl'ostkantoor). 
N. Amsterd. Koffiehuis, (Kalverstr.) 
Cafe Francais (Kalverstraat). 
Cafe Neuf (Kalverstraat). 
Cafe Kleintjes (Kalverstraat). 
De Oude Graaf (Kalverstraat) 
Caves Francais ( Kalverstraat i. 
Cafe Roscamm (Damrak). 
Cafe Restaurant Panopticum. 
Cafe Londrcs (Amstelstraat). 
Mille Colonnes (Rembrandtplein). 
Cafe Continental (Sarphatistraat). 
Hotel American (9 biljards). 
De Roode Leeuw (Vijgendam). 
Cafe Reursplein (Rokin) 
De Komeet (Gravcnstraatl. 
Cafe Zincken (de Rnyterkade.) 
Unions des producteurs (Doelen- 
straat en Rokin i. 
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Fricke en Co. ( Rokin). 
Munchener Kindl (Rokin). 
Wiener Cafe (Rokin). 
Kroonbier- divan | 

Krasnapolsky 

met 19 biljards. 

Munchener Kindl 

Lowenbrau 

Palais Royal (Paleisstraat). 

De Stad Sidney (l'ijpeumarkt). 

Cafe Settels (Prins llendrikkade). 

Rembrandt (Rembrandtplein ). 

Cafe des Pays-Has (Rembrandtplein) 

Cafe Flora (Weteringschansi. 

Cafe de Pool (Rokin). 

Paviljoen (Voudelspark). 

Casino (Waterlooplein.) 

Cafe Restaurant de Poort 

den (Commelinstraat I. 
Cafe Restaurant Handelska 



Warmoes- 
straat. 



Mui- 



BADHUIZEN: 



K</ude en Warme, Zee en Rivier- 

baden, Rokin over de Ned. Bank. 
Koude, Warme en Dampbaden. 

Heerengracht bij de Leliegracht. 
Koude en Warme Baden. Wesler- 

doksdijk. (Barendszkade ) 
Koude en Warme Raden, de Ruy- 

terkade (Th v. Heemstede Obelt). 
Koude en Warme Paden, Ainstel- 

dijk, hoek Jan v. d. Heideustraat. 
Radplaats Ruiten-Amstel bij Schol- 

lenbrug. 
Openb. Zwemplaats bij de Westelijke 

Doksluizeu. 
Openb. Zwemplaats in de Dijkgracbt. 

HOOFDBUREAU DER POLITIE. 

Spinhuissteeg. 



Stoomdrukkerij van IIoelofkzen & Hubner 



45 

us many stirring accounts of the glories of the Kal- 
verstraat at midnight, and accordingly, at a moderate 
estimate, about ninety per cent, of the expedition 
made their way to this famous street at the time 
when they had understood its glories were the 
greatest. They found a narrow street, not very long 
in extent, with sidewalks about a yard wide, and the 
roadway paved with asphalt. It was lined on both 
sides with shops and restaurants, all ablaze. No 
vehicles are allowed in the street after ten o'clock ; 
and with both roadway and sidewalk filled with pedes- 
trians passing to and fro, all life and gaiety, it cer- 
tainly was a scene strange to American eyes, and one 
not entirely consonant with our ideas of Dutch 
phlegm and decorum. 



AMSTEKDAM. 

THE morning of Friday, August 10, found the en- 
tire party well, in good spirits, and eager for the 
novelties before them. On arriving at the hotel the 
evening before, each member of the party was pre- 
sented with a huge envelope. This contained a large 
map of Amsterdam, an elegantly gotten-up guide- 
book of the city, specially prepared for the use of the 
members of The Holland Society, cards of invitation 
to several clubs and societies, and tickets for the 
various trips prepared for us by the Amsterdam 
committee. This was a most complete surprise and 
showed the care and liberality which had been dis- 
played in preparing for our welcome. We felt indeed 
that we were welcome guests in a most hospitable 
land. 




lintels, Ijcstanrntico. $$*, CIU - 



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O to the Reception at the AMSTEL-HOTEL, 

on FRIDAY, AUGUST lOtli 1888 at 8.30 p. m. 
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O Harlinger Pier, de RuyterJcade, 

I— 

on TUESDAY, AUGUST 14th 1888 at 8.30 a. m. 

for a Trip to MARKEN and HOORN. 



KONINKLIJK Z00L0GISCH GENOOTSGHAP 

NATURA ARTIS MAGISTRA. 
AMSTERDAM. 



UITNOODIGING 

voor den Seer 

JUDAH B. YOORHEES, 

of Brooklyn, H. Y. 

lot sen tSe^oek aan wwnamoema EJenoohcfaato 

L. G. VAN HOORN, 

President. 

J. M. B. BEUKER, 

Seeretari8. 

Amsterdam, Augustus 1888. G. F. WESTERMAN, 

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We found that the committee, with kind intent to 
allow us an opportunity to recover from the fatigues 
of the journey, had left the first morning free for the 
pilgrims to get rested and accustomed to their novel 
surroundings. All therefore indulged in a little 
foreign shopping, and some promiscuous sight seeing. 

The Amster dams die Courant and Handelsblad of 
August 10, 1888, in its City News thus spoke of 
our arrival : 

Our American Brethren. 

They have arrived ! They are within our walls, these 
descendants of our forefathers who crossed over to the New 
World and settled there. They are here, at Amsterdam, 
they who now, a great many of them at least, are residents 
of New York, the New Amsterdam of former years. And 
even if they have been compelled to replace the language of 
Holland with that of Albion, still they have not forgotten 
Holland, still they, the members of The Holland Society, con- 
sider it an act of piety to visit the country where their 
ancestors lived, to view the spot where stood the cradle of 
their forefathers. 

And therefore they came to Holland in a Dutch steamer, 
a ship of a Dutch company, the Amsterdam. This morn- 
ing a member of our editorial staff had an interview with 
Mr. Geo. W. Van Siclen, the actual projector of this trip, 
one might say the president of that section of The Holland 
Society which is now in our midst. The reception our re- 
porter met with was most polite. Mr. Van Siclen, who has 
been in Holland before, considered it a pleasure to be inter- 
viewed by an Amsterdam newspaper-man. Of course the 
first question was about the sea-voyage. " How has it 
been ? " 

"Charming. We had a splendid vessel, and above all 
an excellent commander ; everybody on board was kindness 
itself. Good weather favored us, but for that matter," Mr. 
Van Siclen added with a smile, "we members of The Holland 
Society always have fine weather. We met some fog in the 
Channel which delayed us a few hours. But otherwise 



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on the occasion of a visit of Members of the „ Holland 
Society " of New- York to the city of Amsterdam in August, 
1888, includes the following gentlemen : 

F. A. Ankersmit, member of the firm of Jacob Ankersmit 
& Son, merchants. 

C. D. Asser, Junr., L.L. D. 

Professor T. M. C. Asser, L.L. D. 

Charles Boissevain, Editor of the „ Algemeen Handels- 
blad". 

J. M. van Bosse, member of the firm of Wed . J. van 
Bosse & Son, underwriters. 

H. Cazaux van Staphorst. 

C. E. Dutilh, Junr., General Agent of the Netherlands 
American Steam Navigation Company. 

J. H. van Eeghen, member of the firm of H. Oyens & 
Sons, Bankers. 

W. Heijbroek, Jr., member of the firm W. Heijbroek, Jr. 
&Co. 

Dr. H. F. R. Hubrecht, Director and Manager of the 
Bell-Telephone Company. 

Rev. P. H. Hugenholtz, Junr. 

R. R. H. toe Laer, Director of the „ Equitable" Life 
Insurance Company of New York. 

H. J. de Marez Oyens, member of the firm of H. Oyens 
& Sons, Bankers. 

J. L. Pierson, member of the firm of Adolph Boissevain 
& Co., Bankers. 

Aug. Rapp, Jr., Director of the „ New York " Life Insur- 
ance Company. 

A. Roelvink, member of the firm of B. W. Blijdenstein 
& Co., Bankers. 



N. de Roever, L.L. D., archivist of the City of Ams- 
terdam. 

Dr. H. C. Rogge, Librarian of the University. 

H. Trip, member of the firm of Koopmans & Brainier, 
merchants. 

H. de Veer, Editor of the „ Nieuws van den Dag ". 

J. Voute, cz, member of the firm of J. & M. Voute, 
brokers. 

A. C. Wertheim, member of the firm of Wertheim & 
Gompertz, bankers. 

Dr. G. F. Westerman, Director and Manager of the 
Royal Zoological Society „ Natnra Artis Magistra ". 
Martin Wolff, merchant. 

B. C. E. Zwart. 




Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands,*) has a popu- 
lation of nearly 400,000 inhabitants. Its history begins in 
the early part of the XHIth century, when the Lord of 
Amstel built a castle at the mouth of the Amstel-river, and 
laid a dyke, which is now the Dam. Hundred years later 
the city was united with the county of Holland and gradu- 
ally extended its trade, especially with Germany and the 
Scandinavian kingdoms. In 1452, when the greater part 
of the city was burnt, Amsterdam was considered the largest 
market of the Northern Netherlands. In the beginning of 
the XVIth. century its merchants and shipowners extended 
their operations to the Canary -islands and to the Mediter- 
ranean. During the period of religious dissensions and of 
the war with Spain, Amsterdam sided for a long time with 
the Spaniards to the great detriment, bordering on ruin, of 
its mercantile and shipping interests. In 1578, the magi- 
strates who had favored the Spanish cause having been 
expelled, a new aera begins in the history of the city. 
All the merchants, who had left on account of their alle- 
giance to the Prince of Orange, returned, and when some 
years later Antwerp fell into the hands of the Spaniards, a 
large part of the population of the latter city settled in 
Amsterdam. In 1597 the first ships sailed from this port 
direct for India. The East-India-Company was incorpor- 
ated in 1602, the West-India-Company in 1621. But half a 
century before, Amsterdam and other Dutch vessels had 
already reached Guiana, called „ the wild coast ", and fetched 
salt from there, which Holland required in large quantities 
for its herring-trade. North America was visited by Amster- 



*) The seat of the government is at the Hague, which is also the 
King's residence. 



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dam merchants some years before the West-India-Company 
was incorporated. 

Having the key to the East- and the West-Indies, treasures 
flowed to Amsterdam, which now became the great center 
of trade of the whole of Europe, overshadowing the glory 
of Venice and Antwerp. During this period the great 
City-hall was built, in commemoration of the conclusion of 
peace with Spain (1648), and adorned as well with all the 
treasures that wealth could procure at that time in marble, 
metals, and woods, as with the master-pieces of the best 
artists of the Dutch school of painting and sculpture. It 
is now used as a royal palace. The fine residences along 
the Heeren- and Keizersgrachten date from the same period. 

Whilst the XVIIth. century had been one of action and 
industry, the XVIIIth. was one of rest and quiet enjoyment 
of the treasures amassed by former generations. Neverthe- 
less the trade of the city continued to be very considerable, 
but several wars with England, which caused the loss of 
many thousands of ships with their rich cargoes, the revo- 
lution of 1795, and the domination of the French (till 1813), 
with its heavy war contributions and the reduction of the 
interest on the national debt to one third of the original 
figure, ruined a great many people. The population of 
Amsterdam was reduced to 120,000. With the return of 
the house of Orange a revival soon became apparent. The 
„ Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij " was incorporated in 
1824, a large canal running from Amsterdam northward to 
the sea was made in 1819-24, and new docks on both sides 
of the city were built 1828-32. 

About the middle of this century, however, it became 
evident that all these works would only enable Amster- 
dam to compete with other ports, provided, a shorter com- 
munication with the sea was established. This led to the 
construction of the North-sea-canal, and of the port of 
Ymuiden. The canal was opened in 1876. 



The consequent increase of trade is shown by the fol- 
lowing table: 





Ships having 


PASSED THE LOCKS 


AT YMUIDEN 










(North-Sea). 




Ships 

having 

passed 

the 

locks 












8 

1 










Both ways. 




Out- 
ward. 


Cub. Meter. 


In- 
ward. 


Cub. Meter. 




(Zuider 








Zee.) 












Ships. 


Cub. Meter. 




1875 




Opening 1st November 1876. 






68,935 


1876 


147 


132,662 


96 


99,361 


243 


232,023 


80,664 


1877 


1706 


1,462,178 


1670 


1,421,598 


3376 


2,883,776 


90,868 


1878 


1655 


1,581,504 


1587 


1,601,369 


3242 


3,182,873 


80,648 


1879 


1919 


1,857,833 


2994 


1,953,980 


4013 


3,811,813 


73,879 


1880 


2214 


2,107,188 


2281 


2,157,744 


4495 


4,264,962 


87,763 


1881 


2266 


2,320,927 


2337 


2,269,397 


4603 


4,590,324 


78,399 


1882 


2321 


2,580,370 


2353 


2,595,325 


4674 


5,175,695 


81,568 


1883 


2773 


2,742,049 


2821 


2,695,242 


5594 


5,437,291 


91,253 


1884 


2776 


2,979,764 


2660 


2,952,598 


5436 


5,932,362 


84,629 


1885 


2744 


3,022,977 


3067 


3,031,295 


5811 


6,054,272 


86,033 


1886 


2852 


c 2,401,055* 
X 718,719t 


3090 


( 2,428,920* 
I 704,431t 


5942 


c 4,829,975* 
i l,423,150t 


86,033 










85,239 


1887 


3019 


4,077,128t 


3237 


4,137,604t 


6256 


8,214,732t 


89,437 



In connection with this canal the port of Amsterdam 
itself was considerably improved. The city constructed the 
Suez-piers, cattle-piers, wood-harbour, eastern tradequay, 
hydraulic-engines, petroleum-harbour, and several other 
quays and piers. The Dutch government built a railroad 
with its station close to the port, whilst a new canal to the 
Rhine is now in course of construction. Many millions of 
guilders have been spent for the improvement of the port 
of Amsterdam during the last ten years. 

Steamers and sailing vessels, drawing 24 feet can reach 
Amsterdam at all times. The Locks, now in use, can accom- 
modate vessels of a length of 400 feet, and the construction 
of locks for the accommodation of even longer vessels is in 
a fair way of being realized. Along the „ Commercial Quay " 
the canal has a depth of 26 feet. 

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Cabs at the Stations and at the Cabstands. The driver is 
bound to give his number and a table of fares. Drive of 
J hour, or less, 70 cts. ; of more than £ hour, but not 
exceeding 1 hour, 1 fl. Every additional ^ hour 25 cts. 
After midnight : £ hour, or less, 1 fl. 20 ; every additional 
£ hour, 40 cts. No charge for light luggage carried inside, 
and no gratuity may be exacted. 
Table of fares for Carriages hired at the Livery Stables : 
Closed carriage, per drive, 80 Cts., per hour, 1 fl. 
One horse open carriage, per drive 1 fl., per hour, 1 fl. 50. 
Two horse carriage, per drive 2 fls., per hour 2 fls. 50. 
Tramways. Fare 12£ cts. ; tickets can be obtained at the 
kiosks for 10 J cts., and from some booksellers per package 
of 25 for 2 fls. 50. Transfer tickets, only obtainable from 
the conductors 12£ cts. 

Principal lines : Dam — Plantage — Linnaeusstraat : 
Dam 8.20 a.m. to 11 — 30 p.m. ; Linnaeusstraat 7.55 a. m. to 
11.10 p.m. At night, green light. 

Dam — Sarphatistraat : Sarphatistraat 8 a.m. to 11.10 
p.m. Dam 8.15 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. At night, red light. 

Tulpplein — Weesperzijde : Tulpplein 8.30 a.m. to 11.45 
p.m. Weesperzijde 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. At night, red 
light. 

Dam — Vondelstraat — P. C. Hooftstraat: Vondelstraat 
and P. C. Hooftstraat 8 a.m. to 11.10 p.m. ; Dam 8.15 
a.m. to 11.30 p.m. At night, Dam — Vondelstraat, red 
light. Dam — P. C. Hooftstraat, two red lights. 

Leidscheplein — Plantage : Leidscheplein 8 a.m. to 
11.10 p.m. Plantage 8.20 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. At night, 
green light. 

Leidscheplein — Marnixstraat : Leidscheplein 8 a.m. to 
11.10 p.m. Marnixstraat 8.20 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. At 
night, red light. 

Leidscheplein — Overtoom: Overtoom 8 a.m. to 11.10 
p.m. Leidscheplein 8.30 a.m. to 11 p.m. At night, green 
light. 

Dam — Prins Hendrikkade : Dam 8 a.m. to 11.20 p.m. 
Prins Hendrikkade 8.15 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. At night, red 
light. 

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Kadijk — Czaar Peterstraat : Kadijksplein 8.15 a.m. to 
11.45 p.m. Czaar Peterstraat 8 a.m. to 11.10 p.m. At 
night, red light. 

Dam — Haarlemmerplein : Haarlemmerplein 8 a.m. to 
11.30 p.m. Dam 8.15 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. At night, two 
green lights. 

Dam — Central Station : A car runs for every train 
arriving at the Central Station or leaving it, on the lines 
Dutch Railway C°. or Eastern Railwy C°. At night, 
green light. 

Dam — Rhenish Railway Station : A car runs for every 
train arriving at the Station or leaving it. At night, two 
red lights. 

Dam — Amsteldijk : Amsteldijk 8 a.m to 11.10 p.m. 
Dam 8.20 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. At night, green light. 
Steam -tram. See : trips. 

Steamboats. Dam — Schulpbrug (Station Rokin, near the 
Beursstraat) every \ hour ; fare 7£ cts. (Tickets at the 
kiosks 5 J cts.) Other lines: Schreierstoren — Handels- 
kade — Koninginnedok, every hour, and every £ hour ; 
Amsterdam to Nieuwendam, to Oostzaan, to Ouderkerk, 
etc. Ferryboat to the Tolhuis from the de Ruijterkade 4 cts. 
Restaurants : Riche on the Rokin : Panopticum * (cost 
900,000 fl. to built), Amstelstraat ; KrasnapolsJcy* (largest 
establishment of Europe, summer- and winter-gardens ; 20 
billiard tables; lighted by electricity), Warmoesstraat ; 
Hollandais* ; American Hotel* (fine view of the city from 
the top), both Leidsche plein ; Artis (Zoological Gardens) ; 
Milles Colonnes*, Rembrandtsplein ; Willemsen*, Heiligen- 
weg; Cafe Neuf*, Oude Graaf*, Frangais*, Reinsberg*, 
Suisse*, Bavaria*, Lowenbrau*, de Karseboom, all in the 
Kalverstraat ; Port van Cleve*, N. Z. Voorburgwal ; Con- 
cordia*, St. Luciensteeg ; Palais Royal*, Paleisstraat ; 
H Vosje ; Rokin (Billardroom) ; in the Warmoesstraat Ger- 
man and Bavarian beershops ; Maison StrouJcen*. Leidsche 
Kade ; Londres*, Amstelstraat, etc. 
Coffee-houses. The restaurants marked thus * are also 
coffeehouses ; among others may be mentioned ; Conti- 
nental, Tulpplein ; Poolsche Koffiehuis, Kalverstraat ; 
Paviljoen, Vondelpark ; Niemve Amsterdamsche Koffiehuis, 
Kalverstraat (old gin) ; Roode Leeuw, Vijgendam ; Flora, 
Weteringschans ; Vondel, Vondelstraat ; Komeet, Graven- 
straat, etc. 



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Bodegas, Bars and Refreshment Rooms. Wijnand 

Fochink, Passage, Damstraat ; (very interresting ; it has 
remained in the same condition as in the former century) 
H Lootsje, Kalverstraat (old style) ; Bodega Continental, 
Kalverstraat; Bodega Amsterdam, Damrak ; Bodega Port 
van Cleve, Voorburgwal ; Union des Producteurs, Rokin 
and Doelenstraat ; Caves de France, Kalverstraat. 

Oyster Rooms, van Laar, Damrak, Kalverstraat, and 
Regulierbreestraat ; Saur, Reguliersbreestraat. Confec- 
tioners etc., Figi and van Oiesen, Kalverstraat. 

Post and Telegraph. The Main Office : N. Z. Voorburgwal, 
at the back of the Palace. Branch offices in P. C. Hoof- 
straat and other parts of the City ; a Telegraph Office at 
the Exchange. 

The Messengers' C°. (uniform cap, marked in front, 
D. V. M. and number.) Main Office : 82, N. Z. Voorburg- 
wal ; branch offices in some parts of the City. Tariff : 10 
cts. per £ hour. 15 cts. per £ hour, etc. (without hand- 
carts, etc.) 

Bathing Establishments: Rokin, opposite the Bank of 
Netherlands, 60 cts. per bath ; 158 Heerengracht, 50 cts. 
per bath ; 117 Amstel, 35 cts. per bath ; Amsteldijk, 30 
cts. per bath. Swimming and Private Baths, de Ruijter- 
kade, 40 cts. per bath. 

Exchange Offices: Anspach & Donk, 188 N. Z. Voor- 
burgwal ; Joh. Kramer & C°. 17 Dam ; Twentsche Bank, 
144 Spuistraat; Sanders & C ., Paleisstraat and Nieuwen- 
dijk; Levie Brothers, Kalverstraat. 

Bankers. Adolph Boissevain & C ., 237 Heerengracht. 
Twentsche Bank, 144 Spuistraat ; Hope & C ., 579 
Keizersgracht ; Succ. Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas, 
539 Heerengracht; Amsterdamsche Bank, 597/9 Heeren- 
gracht; Determeyer, Weslingh & Son, 518 Heerengracht; 
Lipmann, Rosenthal & C ., 6 Nieuwe Spiegelstraat ; 
Becker & Fuld, 452 Keizersgracht; Wertheim & Gom- 
pertz, Amstelstraat. 

Antiquities. Speijer. near the Dam ; Boas Berg; Etienne 
Delaunoy, all Kalverstraat; van Galen, N. Z. Voorburg- 
wal; Salomons, Sophiaplein. 

Depot of Delftware. Tognacca en Cossa, Kalverstraat. 

Painting and engravings. Buffa en Co., Kalverstraat; 
Van Gogh, Keizersgracht. 



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Booksellers in nearly every street. Fred. Muller & C ., 
the celebrated antiquarians, make a speciality of books 
of American History, Doelenstraat near Brack's Doelen 
Hotel. Another very good store is R. W. P. de Vries 
Warmoesstraat. 

Stands with second hand books for sale in the University 
Passage (Oudemanhuisport). 

The best and largest stores are in the Kalverstraat, 
Nieuwendijk, Leidsehestraat and Reguliersbreesstraat, 
which thorough-fares are crowded every evening. 

Theatres, Concerts, etc. 

(consult the Newspapers.) 

Municipal Theatre (Stadsschouwburg), Leidsche Plein ; 
Sculptures of Bart van Hove. Seldom open in summer. 

Paleis voor Volksvlijt (Industrial Palace), concert, or ballet. 

Zoological Gardens (Natura Artis Magistra), concert every 
Wednesday evening and every Monday afternoon, in 
summer. 

ParJcschouivburg (Theatre of the Park), opperettas, (Thurs- 
day and Sunday in the Hall, the other evenings in the 
garden). 

Grand Theatre van Lier, Amstelstraat, Dutch, English and 
German Plays. 

Thedtre van Lier, Plantage, Dutch Plays. 

Park, concerts. 

Frascati (Prot & Son, proprietors). Plantage, Operettas. 

Salon des Varietes, Amstelstraat, Comedies. 

Tivoli, Music Hall, Nes (iu the summer relache). 

Tolhuis, across the Y, by ferryboat, Concerts Sunday. 

Music Halls, Nes and Warmoesstraat. 

Circus of Carre, Binnen Amstel, closed in summer. 

Principal Churches. 

Dutch Reformed, Nieuwe Kerk, Oude Kerk, Nooder Kerk, 
Zuider Kerk, Wester Kerk, Ooster Kerk, Amstel Kerk, 
Eilands Kerk, Koepel Kerk, Oude-Zijds Kapel, Nieuwe- 
Zijds Kapel. 

Evangelical Lutheran, Spui and Singel ; Reformed Lutheran, 
Kloveniersburgwal. 






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Christian Reformed, Keizersgraeht and Plantage. 

Dutch Reformed (Dolens), Keizersgraeht, in course of con- 
struction. 

French or Walloon, O.Z. Achterburgwal (Walenpleintje), 
and Keizersgraeht. 

English Episcopal, Groeneburgwal. 

English Preshyterian, Bagijnhof. 

Free Church, Weteringschans. 

Reformed Remonstrant, Keizersgraeht. 

United Baptist, Heerengracht. 

Scotch Mission, Binnen Amstel. 

Scandinavian, Prins Hendrikkade. 

Roman Catholic, Mozes en Aaron, Houtgracht ; De Boom, 
Kalverstraat; het Duifje, Prinsengracht ; De Posthoorn, 
De Zaaier, both Keizersgraeht; de Krijtberg, Singel; 
Petrus en Paulus, N.Z. Voorburgwal; De Papegaai, 
Kalverstraat; Heilige Willebrordus, Amsteldijk; Hart 
van Jezus, Vondelstraat. 

Synagogue of the Dutch Jews, Jonas Daniel Meijerplein. 

Synagogue of the Portuguese Jews, Muiderstraat. 



For a trip through the City and taking the Main office 
of the Dutch Railway Co. as point of departure one finds 
(on the right), the Prins Hendrikkade (bust of Prince 
Henry of the Netherlands, by Stracke) the river Y, East 
and West docks (on the left). Following the tramway- 
line Damrak one sees on the left : 

The „Oude Kerk" (Old Church) of the year 1300 ; shown 
every day on application to the sexton (Koster) (Gratuity 
25 cts.). Stained glass windows representing, among 
other things, the death of Maria, beautiful work of 
XVI th century ; the „Iron Chapel " (archives) ; a funeral 
chapel of the family de Graaf by Quellien ; monuments 
of Heemskerk, van der Zaan, etc. 

On reaching the Dam, one of the largest squares of Am- 
sterdam, considered as the central point of the city one 
finds, on the left, the Exchange, built 1865; in the 
centre the 

Monument commemorating the events of 1830 — '31, by 
Royer. To the right the „ Nieuwe Kerk" (New Church) 
rebuilt in 1648, after a fire in 1645 ; the pulpit is Vincken- 



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brincks masterpiece, fine organ, stained glass windows, 
monuments of de Ruijter, van Galen, van Speijk, Vondel, 
Da Costa, etc. To be seen daily on application to the 
sexton (koster). Gratuity, 25 cts. 

The Palace (admission 50 cts.) of the middle of the 17 th 
century, built by Jacob van Campen, sculptures by 
Quellien, decorative painting by Flinck, Ferdinand Bol, 
Jordaens, de Wit, etc. bronzework by Hemony. The 
building rests on 13659 piles, is 80 metres long, 63 broad, 
33 high, including tower, 51 metres. From the tower one 
enjoys a nice view of the city. The vane is in the form of a 
ship, the former seal of the city. The Palace is decorated, 
inside and outside, with numerous allegorical figures and 
emblems. Each corner of the roof, with its 18 stacks of 
chimneys, is ornamented with the Imperial crown, the 
Emperor Maximilian having given the City the privilege 
of using the Imperial crown in its armorial bearings in 
1490. The front pediment contains an allegorical group, 
representing Amsterdam : on the border are statues of 
Peace, Providence and Justice. The pediment at the 
back of the Palace symbolizes Commerce; on the top 
stands Atlas bearing the globe on his shoulders ; close 
by are statues of Watchfulness and Temperance. The 
building was used as a Town-hall till 1808. The principal 
apartments are : the Council Chamber, the Audience 
Chamber, the Throne-room, the Ball-room, formerly the 
Salle-des-pas-perdus. 

Clubs: Zeemanshoop, (Seaman's Hope), and the Groote 
Club (Large Club) are on the corners, Doctrina et 
Amicitia near one end of the 
Kalverstraat : 

Burger Weeshuis (Municipal Orphan-Asylum), most curi- 
ous to see, (interesting old regents room), Nieuwe Zijds 
Kapel (Church), built in commemoration of the miracle 
which happened on that spot 1345 Bagijnhof (a court) 
with the oldest wooden house. 

On the right : Heiligenweg, House of Detention ; 
Singel, on the right the University Library. Where in 
honor of the American visitors an exposition will be held 
of all books, maps, portraits concerning to the early 
history of America (admission free). Koningsplein, the 
bridge across the Heerengracht leads into the Leid- 
schestraat. 






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Prinsengracht : (on the right) the Palais van Justitie. 

(Law courts). 

Leidsche Plein: (on the right) the Stadsschouwfourg 
(Municipal Theatre) on the left the „(jymnasium" (Latin 
School), the building of the free Church, Vondelstraat. 
On the left : the Girls' Orphan-Asylum of the Dutch Re- 
formed Church. At the end of the Vondelstraat, the 
Roman Catholic Church Sacred Heart of Jesus. 

In the Vossiusstraat : the ,, Instituut tot onderwijs 
van Blinden" (Institution for teaching the Blind), 
opened in October 1885. 
Tondelpark planned in 1865 and picturesquely laid out by 
a few distinguished citizens ; it now covers 100 acres ; 
statute of Vondel by Royer, Pavilion (restaurant), dairy. 

Along the Overtoom Canal; Dutch Biding School. 
(Hollandsche Manege) ; on the left : the Extramural Hos- 
pital, Return through the Vondelpark ; Stadhouderskade. 
The Museum, built by the architect Cui jpers ; collection of 
paintings of the old Dutch and Flemish masters ; cabinet 
of prints and drawings, all formerly in the celebrated 
„Trippenhuis" ; 

Eemarkable are : Rembrandts' masterpieces : the Nightwateh ,,De 
Staalmeesters", and the widow of admiraal Swartenhond ; van 
der Heists' ,,Schuttersmaaltyd", and Roelof Bickers Company, and 
several other paintings of the celebrated masters. All the large 
pictures with portraits of Schutters (civic guards) belong to the 
city of Amsterdam. 

Collection of modern paintings, (formerly in the Pavilion 
„Welgelegen", at Haarlem) ; Museum van der Hoop (old 
dutch school pictures) ; Collection of modern paintings, 
planed in 1874 by C. P. van Eeghen Esq., loan collection 
of paintings; Museum of antiquities (Entrance on the 
left) antiquities, and works of art partly belonging to the 
city Amsterdam and to the Royal Antiquarian Society. 

Rich collection of silver and gold works, pottery, wood carvings etc. 
This Museum has partly been classified in rooms representing the 
period, to which the articles belong. 

Museum of the Navy ; 

Remarkable is a part of ,,the Royal Charles" victoriously brought 
to Holland by admiral de Ruyter after the defeat of the english fleet 
near Chatham. 

Collection of Plaster Models ; 

Close by : Asylum for Blind Adults and Royal Academy 
of Plastic Arts. 



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On the left : Frederiks Plein ; Paleis van Volksvly t (Indus- 
trial Palace) planned by Dr. Sarpathi, built by C. Outs- 
hoorn. At present generally used for concerts, ballets, etc. 

On the left: Weteringschans ; Public Playground for 
Children; Mechanics' School ; the Free Church (Vrije 
Gemeente) ; new Gymnasium (Latin School) ; Industrial 
School for Girls ; the Prison (for solitary confinement 
only). 

Return by the Leidsche Straat to the Heerengracht : on the 
corner of the Speigelstraat and Heerengracht, the Nether- 
lands Trading Society (Handelmaatschappij) ; at n°. 511 
Heerengracht Museum Six, (to be seen by permission). 

Celebrated portraits of the Burgomaster Jan Six and his mother, by 
Eembrandt, and other paintings. 

On the Keizersgracht at n°. 609, close to the Vijzelstraat 
Museum Fodor, (fee, week-days, 50 cts. ; Sundays, 25 
cts.; no admission on Tuesdays) paintings of modern 
Dutch and French schools, etc., bequeathed to the city by 
C. J. Fodor, a wealthy merchant, who died 24 Dec, 1860. 

Vijzelstraat to Sophia Plein : Munttoren, a tower dating 
from 17 th century ; seat of the Royal Antiquarian Society. 

On the Rokin: The Bank of Netherlands ; almost opposite 
to it: Leesmuseum (Reading Rooms), open to the mem- 
bers of the Holland Society. 

On the right : Doelenstraat to Kloveniersburgwal : Oude- 
manhuispoort, sculpture by Ziesenis : The University ; 
Tower of the Southern Church (Zuider Kerk). Nieuwe 
Markt, with the old St. Anthonisgate late 15 th century, 
Hall of the Masons' Guild, now Fire Brigade Station, 
but to be altered for the purpose of receiving the archives 
of the City. Fish Market. 

Along St. Antonie-breestraat (2 nd house -from the bridge 
Rembrandt's dwelling). Jews' Quarter. Roman Catholic 
Church Moses and Aaron, Synagogues, most interest- 
ing is the old Portugese Hebrew Synagogue built 200 
years ago in the figure of Solomon's temple, (with fine 
silverworks). Diamond Cutting Factories, of Boas 
Brothers, of A. E. Daniels & Son and of J. S. Metz, are 
all close by. Most interresting for visitors is that of Mr. 
Daniels (Zwanenburgerstraat). 

Following the Muiderstraat to the Plantage. Hortus 
Botanicus (Botanical Gardens), Theatres of G. Prot and 
Son, of the Park, and of van Lier. 



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Zoological Gardens (Natura Artis Magistra) admission free 
for the members of the Holland Society. Founded in 
1838 by Dr. G. F. Westermari. Covers an area of upwards 
of 20 acres. World-renowned collection of animals, birds, 
plants, etc. Ethnological Museum. Japanese Museum. 
Aquarium (admission : visitors to Zoological Gardens, 25 
cts. ; other visitors, 50 cts.) Consists of tanks containing 
about 1000 cubic metres of fresh-water and sea-water. 
The sea-water is brought from Ymuiden, in a steamer 
built for the purpose. The upper tanks have a capacity 
of 230,000 liters. Behind the plate-glass, forming the 
front of the tanks, are specimens of the teeming popula- 
lation of sea and river. 

Opposite the Zoological Gardens is the Panorama ; admis- 
sion, 50 cts.) The building has an Art-Room for the Exhi- 
bition of paintings and sculpture. 

Leaving the Panorama the way leads past the St. Jacobs- 
Gesticht, an asylum for aged poor Roman Catholics, to 
the Muiderpoort (Muiden-Gate), the only remaining gate 
of the former century. Outside the gate is the Ooster- 
begraafplaats (Eastern Cemetery). 

To the left in the Linaeusstraat are the famous Nursery- 
Grounds of the firm of Groenewegen & Co. 

Somewhat further is the Rechthuis of Watergraafsmeer, (at 
present a coffee-house), and the Horticultural School ^Lin- 
naeus", where instruction is given in gardening and botany, 
and whence the city draws its supply of trees and plants. 

Returning to the Muiderpoort one sees on the right the 
Infantry barracks Oranje Nassau. Passing through 
the gate and turning to the left into the Sarphatistraat 
one finds the following buildings : The Cavalry Bar- 
racks, the Army stores, the Military Hospital, the 
Children's Hospital, and close by, on the right, in the 
Roetersstraat, the Main Office and Stables of the Amster- 
dam Omnibus Co. 

Amstel. Amstel-Hotel. The bridge called „Hoogesluis", 
lately rebuilt. 

Binnen- Amstel (Eastside), Prinsengracht : Timber- Yard 
of the City. Circus Carre. 

Weesper-Kerkstraat : the French Riding School, the 
Workhouse (founded 130 years ago), the Hebrew Alms 
Houses, the Hebrew Hospital, and the Alms Houses of 
the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation. 



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Keizersgracht to the Binnen-Amstel (Eastside) : Asylum 
for the aged poor of the Dutch Reformed Church, an 
institution of more than 200 years standing. 

Zwanenburgerstraat : Diamond Cutting Factories ; the 
Hebrew Orphan- Asylum for boys ; that for girls is in 
the Rapenburgerstraat ; Orphan- Asylum of the Dutch 
Reformed Church in course of reconstruction. 

Following the Staalstraat and Kloveniersburgwal one comes 
to the Rembrandtsplein (Statue of Rembrandt) and 
Thorbeckeplein (Statue of Thorbecke). 

Amstelstraat : Salon des Varietes (theatre), Grand Theatre 
van Lier, Panopticum (admission, 50 cts.), a successful 
imitation of Madame Tussaud's waxworks, but more par- 
ticularly of the „Theatre Castran," Berlin, which latter 
artist is the talented maker of about 200 of the wax- works 
exhibited: the likenesses are often striking, and the 
dresses sumptuous. See especially the group of the 
Royal Family, the Marken-chamber, from ten Kate, 
the „Botermarkt," etc. 

Crossing the new Blauwbrug, follow the Nieuwe Heeren- 
gracht to the Entrepot-dok (Custom House and bonded 
warehouse). Kadijkspleiu : Zeemanshuis (Sailors' Home), 
founded in 1856. 

's Rijks Werf (Royal Navy- Yard) (no fixed gratuity) : 
covers upwards of 32 acres of grouud. Stocks for four- 
teen large vessels. The crane has a lifting power of 
10000 kilos (about 90 tons). Docks for the construction 
of iron-clad vessels, etc. Ask for the „Koningsloep" 
(King's Sloop). 

Koninklijke Fabriek van Stoom- en andere werktuigen 
(Engineering Works). 

Return to Prins Hendrik-kade. Training Ship „ De Was- 
senaer" (shown on application). Kweekschool voor de 
Zeevaart (Training School for the Mercantile Navy), 
founded in 1785 (rebuilt in 1880) to commemorate the 
naval battle off Doggersbank, allegorically represented on 
the front ; contains, among other things, many relics, busts 
and curiosities of celebrated Dutch naval commanders. 

On the Prins Hendrik Kade are also the offices of the Royal 
Steam Navigation Co., of the Netherlands and of the 
Steam Navigation Co., „Nederland". 

To the right: the Oosterdok (Eastern docks), and the 
Handelskade (Commercial Quay) ; the latter is one of the 



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most important works undertaken of recent years by the 
Municipal Government; the inner harbor covers 1200 
metres ; the quay is 1882 metres in length with an 80 ton 
steam-crane, etc. 

Returning to the Prins Hendrikkade and passing between 
the „Schreierstoren" (Weepers' Tower) from XV th century 
and the „ Semaphore" Office, which is a signal station in 
connection with Ymuiden, one approaches the new Cen- 
tral Terminus; going under the Railway Bridge one 
reaches the de Ruijterkade, where the coffee-houses offer 
an agreable restingplace, and whence one enjoys a fine 
view of the river Y, with its busy and interesting scenery. 

On the opposite side of the river : Koninginne-dok (Queen's 
Dock), Petroleum Warehouses, Tolhuis. 

Haarlemmerdijk, Willemspoort : Gas Works of the Im- 
perial Continental Gas-Association, supplies gas from 
1 Nov. 1885. 

Marnixkade : Tooneelschool (Dramatic School). 

Westertoren (Tower of the West Church), 85 metres high. 
Church, a master-piece of style and sculpture by de 
Keyser; decorative painting by de Lairesse. 

Keizersgracht : „Huis met de hoofden" (House with the 
Heads), at present the Commercial School (Handels- 
school). Schoolmuseum (admission, 25 cts.) 

Heerengracht : near the Leliegracht a picturesque house in 
the old dutch style of the beginning XVII th century. 

This house built by the rich merchant Bartolotti, as well as the 
,,huis met de Hoofden" built by de Geer, may give an idea of 
the dwellings of wealthy inhabitants of Amsterdam at that time. 

Keizersgracht near the Wolvenstraat : Felix Meritis, Con- 
cert Hall, collection of physical and mathematical Instru- 
ments. 

Follow the Keizersgracht to the Leidschestraat, hence to 
the Koningsplein and Rokin : Arti et Amicitiae (Admis- 
sion, 25 or 50 cts.) a society of artists founded in 1839 ; see 
the Historical Gallery ; at times, collections of paintings 
and works of art. 

The bridge opposite leads to the Bank of Netherlands 
already mentioned, and to the Hospital, or on turning to 
the left to the Nes (which, with the Warmoesstraat, forms 
the oldest part of the city). Tivoli Theatre. Through 
Lombardsteeg (The Lombard) to O. Z. Voorburgwal; 



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City Hall (Raadhuis), contains some paintings antiqui- 
ties, the city archives (Municipal Statute books dating 
from 1465, Municipal Budgets from 1531, Books of 
Resolutions from 1536), Collection of manuscripts, coins, 
etc., etc. 

The Burgomasters-cabinet to be seen before 10 o'clock with the 
master piece of Ferdinand Bol, pictures of van der Heist, Lin- 
gelbach, Zaenredam etc. The Burgomasters-waiting-room with 
portrait of Maria de Medicis by Honthorst and the armorial 
bearings of Burgomasters and Aldermen. The assemblyhall of 
the common council with the portraits of the kings, and paint- 
ings of J. and A. Backer, N. Elias, etc. In another room : the 
Dam as it was in 1604, painted by Adriaen van Xieuwland. 

To show the American visitors the growth of the city a col- 
lection of old drawings and engravings concerning Am- 
sterdam and its principal buildings has now been laid for 
inspection. 

Carriage Drive. 

Dam, Kalverstraat, Reguliersbreestraat, Rembrandt splein, 
Utrechtsehestraat, Frederiksplein, Hoogesluis, Sarphati- 
straat, Muiderpoort, the so called Nieuwe Wijk (New 
Quarter), Oostenburgergracht, Prins Hendrikkade, Wes- 
terhoofd, Xieuwendijk, Paleisstraat, Heerengracht, Leid- 
schestraat, Vondelpark, Stadhouderskade, Amsteldijk, 
return to the Binnen-Amstel, Kerkstraat, Plantage, 
Muiderstraat, the so called Jodenkwartier (Hebrew 
Quarter), Xieuwmarkt. Kloveniersburgwal, Doelenstraat, 
Rokin, Dam. 

Trips in the Ticinity. 

Het Kalfje, by carnage, through the Vondelpark, along 
the shady Amstelveenschen Weg, Kalfjeslaan, and pic- 
turesque Utrechtschezijde (left side of the river) (Time: 2 
hours). 

Tolhnis ou the river Y (ferryboat, 5 cts.). Frequent 
concerts, etc. 

Sluices of Sekellingwoude, Zeefourg, (by steamer), fine 
new of the City, the Harbour, and the Zuiderzee. At Zee- 
burg is the Pumping Station, with engines of 240 horse- 
power ; for introducing fresh water into the canals of 
Amsterdam. 



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Cafe Berebijt and cafe Maas on the river Amstel (by 
steamer). 

Ouderkerk and other villages along the river Amstel, 
by steamer. 

Muiden, castle of Muiden, Muiderberg (bathing place, the 
most remarkable echo of the world, fine site) Naarden, 
etc., by Gooische Steamtram, which has two lines : Am- 
sterdam to Laren, and Huizen to Hilversum — the first 
line is divided into four sections, viz., Amsterdam to 
Diembrug; Diembrug to Muiden ; Muiden to Naarden, 
or Muiden — Muiderberg ; Naarden to Laren — the second 
line is divided into two sections, viz., Huizen to Laren, 
and Laren to Hilversum. Fare : 15 cts. per section, 
tickets to be taken beforehand; otherwise, 20 cts. per 
section. Ticket-office at the Station of the Rhenish Rail- 
way Co. (at the railing). 

Sloterdijk by Steam-tram at Willemspoort, 15 cts. per ride ; 
if tickets are obtained beforehand, 12£ cts. 

Haarlemmermeer, by carriage along the Overtoom, Sloo- 
terweg, Slooten, part of Haarlemmermeer, return along 
the canal and to the „Dubbele Buurt", and then through 
the Vondelpark (Time : 2 hours). 

Per Steamer, at the Y (Westerhoofd) to Nieuwendam, 
Buiksloot, Purmerend, along the „Zaanstreek" (Zaan- 
district), etc. 

Haarlem, Zaandam, Alkmaar, etc., by Rail from the 
Central Station. 

Mar ken, a fishing village in the Zuiderzee, per steamer, 
daily. 

Zandvoort (one hour by rail), much frequented bathing- 
place, fine arcade, villas, tram, Bath-Hotel with „Kurzaal'\ 

Wijk aan Zee (one hour's journey : per rail to Beverwijk, 
and then per steam-tram), a quiet bathing-place. 

IJmuiden (by rail, or by steamer of Goedkoop Bros.) 
Shortest route from Amsterdam to the North-sea. The 
harbor was projected by the engineer Conrad, and exe- 
cuted under the supervision of the Dutch engineer Dirks, 
and of Sir John Hawkshaw; the work was begun in 
1865, and completed in seven years. The place though 
small, is of great importance on account of its excellent 
harbour : it contains a couple of churches, the Hotel 
„Willem Barents" etc. 



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everything went all right. The reception was most cordial ; 
a great deal of trouble has been taken for it and we appreciate 
it highly." 

" Has The Holland Society many members and has it any 
connection with the ' Dutch Club' at New-York?" 

"We have over six hundred members, all descen- 
dants of those Dutchmen who first settled on that spot 
where New- York now stands. They all belong to the 
most respected New-York families. No native-born Dutch- 
man can become a member of the Society. I do not 
know what the ' Dutch Club ' is. We have no connection 
with it." 

"And what is the object of your coming to Holland?" 
asked our reporter. 

" Only an act of piety, a desire to visit the country and 
the people from which we are descendants ; only that and 
nothing else." 

" I have, however, heard it whispered around," our re- 
porter ventured to say, " that your coming has something 
to do with the Holland Trust Company, just like the coming 
of the Transvaalers, not long ago, had to do with their 
railways." 

" You will do me a great favor," said Mr. Van Siclen, " to 
contradict this in your paper in the strongest terms. I re- 
peat, we have no ulterior objects; we come for pleasure only, 
to view the land of our forefathers. Besides, the members 
of our Society are all well-to-do, and do not solicit any 
money here for any enterprise." 

We do not doubt for a moment that the members and 
their ladies will be hospitably received everywhere, and 
proof given them that their ancestors' virtue, hospitality, is 
still Holland's chief virtue. 

At three o'clock in the afternoon came our first 
formal reception in the imposing old Town Hall. 
Under the guidance of Mr. Cazaux van Staphorst, Mr. 
de Roever, city archivist, and Mr. Le Jolle, general 
secretary, we were ushered in through many reception 
rooms filled with attendants in liveries, into a coun- 
cil room, or main room of the hall, where we were 
received by Mr. Gr. van Tienhoven, the Burgo- 
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master of Amsterdam, on behalf of the municipality. 
He is a tall, dark-complexioned man of striking and 
impressive features, intellectual in appearance, and 
of pleasing address. He made an excellent speech of 
welcome in English, and in conclusion invited our 
attention to the collection, then displayed on tables 
set for the purpose, of antiquities relating to the con- 
nection between Old Amsterdam and New Amster- 
dam, and all taken from the archives of the city. To 
this address Mr. Van Siclen made a short and appro- 
priate answer, and the " eerewijn," " wine of honor " 
(champagne), an indispensable requisite to all such 
ceremonies, was passed by the attendants. We then 
turned our attention to the collection. Here were 
prints, documents, maps, and books of the XVth, 
XVIth and XVIIth centuries, illustrating all that 
was then known of the history and growth of the 
New World. Among them were letters and other 
documents from the early settlers in New Amster- 
dam, and many things of interest to the antiquarian 
and historian. Unfortunately our time was too short 
to fully appreciate the treasures spread before us. 
Our attention was attracted by the quaint pictures 
on the walls, among them portraits of regents of 
the old almshouses and hospitals. These contained 
several names familiar to us in the ranks of the 
Society. 

In the evening we were invited to a full dress re- 
ception at the Amstel hotel, the finest in Holland. 
The reception was held in a beautiful suite of rooms, 
for some years occupied by the Empress Eugenie. 
These were liberally decorated with the national 
colors of Holland and America, blended in a most 
tasteful manner, and the orange above all. The 



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flowers were beautiful and abundant, and there was 
fine music in attendance. Here we met many of the 
ladies and gentlemen of Amsterdam, and took great 
pleasure also in greeting Robert B. Roosevelt, the 
United States Minister to Holland, and a member 
of our Society, who came from the Hague to join in 
our welcome. During the evening an eloquent and 
graceful speech of welcome on behalf of the city and 
country was made by Professor J. M. C. Asser, 
counsel to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Advocate 
and Professor of Law at the University of Amsterdam. 
This was in English, and a most finished production in 
style and delivery. This was appropriately responded 
to by Van Siclen, and the warmth of our welcome 
caused his enthusiastic nature to overflow with ex- 
pressions of gratitude and affection, to which we all 
gave a most cordial assent. An elegant collation was 
served, and the hours were spent in social intercourse. 
There was something of shyness on the part of our 
Dutch friends in making advances, and something 
of unusual timidity on ours in endeavoring to express 
our sentiments, but the genuine feeling of hospitality 
on the one part and of warm appreciation on the 
other was unmistakably present. After the reception, 
the party broke up into little groups, and under the 
guidance of their new found friends saw something 
of the evening life of Amsterdam. The historian can 
only vouch for one party, who were pleasantly enter- 
tained at the Cafe Volksvlight, and afterwards at the 
Cafe Krasnapolski, which is said to be the largest 
beer garden in Europe. In this way we saw some- 
thing of the social life of Amsterdam, and we were 
most pleasantly impressed with its brightness and 
with the moderation displayed. 



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A fuller account of this elegant reception is trans- 
lated from the Amsterdamsclie Courant and Handels- 
blad and from the Nieiiws van den Dag of August 
13, 1888: 

The Reception in the Amstel Hotel. — In a worthy- 
manner — a manner showing not only good taste, but also 
that hospitality of which we Hollanders are always boasting 
(and, as appeared again, not without cause) — the Americans 
who are within our walls were welcomed last night by the 
committee formed for that purpose. 

The large hall on the Weesper side of the Amstel Hotel was 
profusely decorated. On entering the hall one faced a bust 
of William the Silent, Father of his Country, surrounded by 
green foliage, and over it along the ceiling the flags of the 
United States and Holland and Orange were to be seen. In 
the four corners of the hall stood flowers and plants, and 
in two corners were placed the Dutch and United States 
coats of arms. Hidden by plants, a band of music was 
placed at the right of the hall. 

The visitors were received by the members of the com- 
mittee, while we remarked among those present the Wet- 
houders, Driessen, Coninck, Westenberg and Pet, Dr. Wes- 
terman, and about 10 o'clock the Mayor, Mr. G. van 
Tienhoven, made his appearance. 

When, about 9 o'clock, all were present and the Dutch 
and American national airs had beeu played, Mr. Cazaux van 
Staphorst, member of the committee, addressed the foreign- 
ers in English. He said that it gave the committee pleasure 
to be allowed to receive the Americans in a city and a 
country for which they had so often shown their appreci- 
ation, in a country which is of both the cradle. It is, he 
continued, not customary in this city to present foreigners 
with the freedom of it, and we can therefore offer you only 
the hand of friendship and hope that this tie shall continue 
to grow stronger, and that, when you have returned to 
your country, you will have carried from here most pleas- 
ant recollections. Mr. Geo. W. Van Siclen, Secretary of The 
Holland Society, was the next speaker : 

" Members of the Committee, Citizens of Amsterdam, I 
value it highly that I have the honor and privilege, for us 
all, to be the interpreter of our gratitude for all your 



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friendship and hospitality on our arrival here. The visit 
we pay here is a visit of piety for our ancestors. "We come 
from a land rich in gold, silver, corn, wine and oil, but not 
these articles of commerce bind us to you ; but our country, 
where principles of liberty reign, free instruction, free re- 
ligion — that country was founded upon these principles by 
people coming from this place. 

" Here," the speaker continued, " on this sacred soil once 
stood the houses of our fathers, here floated once our na- 
tional colors, for the colors of Holland's flag are our colors 
also, and this union of colors," he hoped, "would always be 
the symbol of the union between the two nations." It goes 
without saying that these words coming from the heart, 
and spoken with force and fervor, were applauded to the 
echo. 

Professor Asser was the next speaker. Calling attention 
to the difference in form of government between America 
and the Netherlands, he said that this did not prevent both 
nations from feeling themselves descendants from the same 
forefathers. At an early date Amsterdam had wanted to 
establish relations of friendship and of commerce with the 
brethren across the ocean ; and in a humorous and witty 
manner he related the fact that, when the American people 
was waging the War of Independence against England, it 
was the city government of Amsterdam which wanted to 
make a treaty of commerce with the Congress of the young 
Republic. Now, and things went none the worse for it, 
such treaties are concluded by the mutual ambassadors, to 
whom this task may safely be entrusted. He then ad- 
dressed, while those present cheered, the newly appointed 
minister of the United States to our Government, Mr. 
Roosevelt, in order to congratulate him with his appoint- 
ment and thank him for his presence on this occasion. 

The speaker said it had struck him, while not long ago 
reading a report of the Society's annual meeting, that a 
toast had been proposed to the memory of "William the 
Silent and another to that of John van Oldenbarneveldt, 
men to whom we owe so much. He further recalled how 
from that family of Orange our King had come, a King 
who loves his country and his people above all. 

Professor Asser concluded his stirring address with the 
offer to conclude a treaty of cordial friendship, "for," he said, 
" we have each a mutual respect for our traditions — we for 



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those of Washington, Lincoln, Franklin, and Edison ; you 
for our great men." Again loud applause was not lacking, 
and the shaking of hands which followed showed plainly 
the deep impression which these eloquent words had made 
on all present. 

We were joined on our. arrival in Amsterdam by 
Judge Henry W. Bookstaver and wife, and by Mr. 
A. T. Clearwater, a member of the Society, and his 
wife, so that our forces numbered about fifty during 
the formal reception of the expedition. 

Saturday morning, August 11, found the party- 
refreshed by a good night's sleep on shore, and eager 
for new objects of interest. At 9.30, by special invi- 
tation, the Zoological Gardens were opened to us, and 
the president and many of its officers were in atten- 
dance to do the honors of the place. Here is one of 
the best collections of the kind in the world, and we 
saw it all to the very best advantage. Each one of 
the gentlemen connected with the institution took a 
little group of the visitors in his charge, and every- 
thing was most carefully explained. It is a marvel- 
ous example of the work of one man. The director, 
Dr. Westerman, has devoted fifty years of his life to 
the development of this collection. He spends the 
greater part of each day there, and has done so for 
half a century. From small beginnings, under his 
care and enthusiasm, it has grown to its present 
magnificent proportions. The animals all show the 
best of care, and the aquarium is one of the most beau- 
tiful sights of its kind in the world. At the conclusion 
of this interesting circuit we were received in the large 
hall of the institution, where a luncheon was served, 
and a very kindly speech of welcome made by the ven- 
erable director, duly responded to by the Secretary ; 



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Minister Roosevelt was also present on this occasion, 
and thoroughly enjoyed his pleasant surroundings. 

At 2.30 in the afternoon we visited the library of 
the University. Professor Dr. H. C. Rogge, with his 
wife and daughters, received us with dignified and 
charming simplicity, and we were then conducted by 
the professor and by J. F. van Someren, Esq., through 
its treasures. Here is a library of 150,000 volumes, 
beautifully arranged, and rich in literary wealth. 
Great care had been taken to display books, docu- 
ments, and maps relating to our early history, and the 
attendants were particularly attentive in pointing 
out the choicest of the treasures. The catalogue is 
arranged upon the card index system, and all the 
details of the library are conducted in the same 
manner as the best of our institutions in this coun- 
try. We found a study room, a room devoted to 
books of reference, and other points of a well ar- 
ranged modern library. The historian was particu- 
larly pleased with this library from having had some 
personal interest in a kindred institution on this side 
of the water, and was pleased to see that the institu- 
tions of both countries seemed conducted with the 
same spirit of intelligence. We noticed early atlases, 
crude maps, the finest portraits of the Princes of 
Orange, of the Burgomasters of Amsterdam, some 
political cartoons of our early political history, very 
rare now in this country, and many other objects of 
interest. Here, as in other collections in Holland, we 
noticed the Year Books of The Holland Society prom- 
inently displayed. 

The Nieuws van den Dag of Amsterdam, thus de- 
scribed more fully this exhibition of historical anti- 
quities : 



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The lively interest which our American brethren have 
manifested, especially in this country, in everything con- 
nected with the early history and development of the old 
New Netherlands and New Amsterdam, has been the cause 
that by far the greater majority of books, pamphlets, and 
other writings relating thereto have migrated to New- 
York years ago. Rare specimens have left Europe in that 
way. It is evident that this fact must prove an impedi- 
ment when an effort is made in this city to show somewhat 
fully what has been preserved of these writings, prints, etc. 
Special appreciation should therefore be shown for what 
has been done in this line at our Amsterdam University 
Library to show the American visitors what we have 
left on this subject. 

The oldest representation of the Nienw- Amsterdam that 
was, is taken from a painted ship-board dating from 1651 ; 
and having belonged to the ship Lydia. This board was 
sold to an American some years ago by the late Frederik 
Muller, who had an excellent photograph made of it. This 
photograph may here be compared with two engravings, 
one of 1685 (from a collection of town views), the other of 
1740, from which an idea can be obtained of the growth of 
this originally very small locality; in 1651, it was little more 
than a fortress with a few scattered houses outside of it. 

The " Beschryving van Nieuw-Nederland," by Adrian van 
der Donk (1655), is one of the few Dutch books treating of 
our American colony. Dating from our century little can 
be found except the dissertation of D. T. van Alphen about 
the history of New Netherlands (1838), and three essays of 
the late Utrecht Professor O. van Rees (1855, when he was 
attorney at Amsterdam) about the history of the Dutch 
settlements in North America. Besides there are to be seen a 
couple of curious little books dating from the middle of the 
17th century, one of 1656, containing the " conditions " upon 
which, with the consent of the Burgomaster of Amsterdam, 
one could settle in the American colonies, and one of about 
20 years later in which different information is given about 
the best way of colonization, as to victuals, cultivation, etc. 

A great part of the collection is occupied by the maps 
and charts of that part of the world. It is well known 
what a degree of excellence cartography had attained in 
our country in the 17th century, and the specimens shown 
here are most remarkable also in this respect. 



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A clear proof of the trouble taken and sacrifices made 
by the residents of New-York in order to get thoroughly- 
acquainted with the ancient history of their city, is given 
by the collection of 14 splendid #o volumes, " Documents re- 
lating to the Colonial History of the State of New- York," also 
by an edition in 4 volumes of the " Documentary History of 
New- York," which last work contains the history of the 
city only. Both have been published at government ex- 
pense, and are embellished with maps and illustrations. 
The " Annals of Albany " are also here. 

A curious contrast with these works forms the well- 
known " History of New- York by Diedrich Knickerbocker," 
by Washington Irving, in which the author ridicules the 
affection of many of his countrymen for their Dutch de- 
scent. The book for this reason caused quite some indig- 
nation when it appeared, but of course it belonged in this 
collection. The reminiscences of the church life of the 
Dutch settlers are also represented by several works (both 
in Dutch and English). In this connection the book about 
" The College of William and Mary," which was founded 
during the reign of our Prince Willem III., is remarkable. 

That the Americans took some interest in our Dutch lit- 
erature is shown by a translation by E. W. Hoskin, 1847, of 
" De Pleegzoon " (" The Adopted Son ") by Van Lennep, and 
of Toller's " Ovenwintering in Nova Zembla" (by D. van 
Pelt, 1884). 

The entire collection terminates with the head " Ameri- 
cana," presented last year by Van Eeghen & Co. to the library 
and mainly relating to the American War of Independence 
in the last century, and principally consisting of books, 
maps, caricatures, etc. 

The exhibition, arranged with taste and judgment, con- 
tains plenty of features to make a visit pleasant, not only 
for our American brethren, who probably know much of it, 
but also for our citizens, who can learn much that is new 
and interesting. 



In the evening, by invitation, we attended a concert 
at the Crystal Palace, or Paleis Voor Volksvlijt, by 
the military band of the regiment of Grenadiers and 
Jagers. The following was the programme : 

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Zaterdag, 11 Augustus. 
BUITENGEWOON CONCERT. 

DOOR DE KON. MILIT. KAPEL VAN HET REG'm'T GRENADIERS 
EN JAGERS. 

Directeur, W. Van Der Linden. 



Eerste Deel. 

1. Hochzeitsmarseh aus der Oper "Der Rattenfanger 

von Hameln " V. E. Nessler. 

2. Symphonie, No. 4 Niels W. Gade. 

(a) Andante ; allegro, vivace e grazioso. 

(b) Andante con moto. 

(c) Scherzo. 

(d) Finale ; allegro, molto vivace . Arr. F. Dunkler. 

3. Adagio Woldemar Bargiel. 

Euphonium Solo voor te dragen door den Heer 
K. Wileke .... Arr. W. Van Der Linden. 

4. Groote Fantaisie uit de Opera " La Favorite," van 

Donizetti F. Dunkler. 

Tweede Deel. 

5. Ouverture " Guillaume Tell " Rossini. 

6. Concert Fantaisie nit de Opera a Rigoletto," van 

Verdi. Gearrangeerd en voor dragen voor 
Alt, Saxophone, Solo, door den . Heer L. Benard. 

7. (a) Nordisches Volkslied en Brautmarsch . . Hamerik. 

Arr. F. Dunkler. 

(&) Ungarische Tanze, No. 5 Joh. Brahms. 

Arr. W. V. D. Linden. 

8. Le Carneval de Venise Fantaisie burlesque, F. Dunkler. 



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The City of Amsterdam presents a most striking 
picture of commercial activity and enterprise, and 
gives every indication of rapid and healthful progress. 

Sunday, August 12, was clear and pleasant. It is 
a remarkable fact that the weather during our entire 
stay in Holland, with one trifling exception, was 
fine. This was in striking contrast with the in- 
clement weather that had preceded our arrival, and 
gave occasion for many expressions of gratification 
that even the weather department joined with the 
rest of the country in giving us a cordial welcome. 

Most of the party visited the Rijks Museum, a 
most impressive and magnificent building. This 
covers nearly three acres of ground, and was erected 
in 1877-85 from the plans of P. J. H. Cuypers, and 
is in the so-called early Dutch renaissance style. 
Here all were impressed by the magnificent master- 
piece of Rembrandt, the " Night Watch." Of particu- 
lar interest to the pilgrims, were the guild and corpo- 
ration pieces, a characteristic development of Dutch 
art. Many of these pieces are of enormous size and 
contain numbers of portraits, all taken from life and 
grouped around some central object. They are seen 
in every collection in Holland, and are mostly of the 
XVth, XVIth, and XVIIth centuries. Under each por- 
trait is in most cases given the name of the subject, 
and here several of our party found their own names, 
undoubtedly signifying either an ancestor or some 
one of their kin. It became a favorite study for most 
of the party to examine these pieces in order to find, 
if possible, their own names; this study was also 
pursued in the churches on the slabs and tombstones, 
and in many instances the search was rewarded with 



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success. The Eijks Museum is certainly an edifice 
worthy of a great city and a great people, and the 
collections therein worthy of the building. 

Some of the party took the opportunity to make a 
hurried excursion to Haarlem for the sake of visiting 
the old church, and hearing the great organ. They 
returned delighted with their trip, which was a suc- 
cess in every way, and the historian gives it on in- 
formation and belief that one of their chief sources of 
pleasure was that they had the opportunity of hear- 
ing two sermons in Dutch, of good old-fashioned 
length, during one service. 

Another little party made an excursion to Zaan- 
dam, a thriving town of about 13,000 inhabitants, 
and thoroughly Dutch in appearance. Here they 
made the acquaintance of the 400 windmills which 
extend in an almost unbroken line along the banks 
of the Zaan. Their objective point, of course, was 
the hut of Peter the Great, and after several attempts 
it was at last reached. They reveled in the historical 
and mythical associations connected with the place 
and gazed reverently on all they saw. They found 
the tablets on the wall commemorating the various 
visits of the crowned heads, and viewed picture after 
picture of Peter the Great, in various costumes and 
attitudes, until they were thoroughly imbued with the 
idea, that certainly here was the spot where the Great 
Czar had spent many busy and useful days. 

From their various excursions the party all 
gathered to a common center as night drew on, and 
the evening was passed by most of them quietly at 
the hotel. 

The charities of Amsterdam, both public and pri- 
vate, are almost innumerable. Some of them are very 



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ancient, and the quaint costumes of the beneficiaries, 
still to be seen on the streets, gave rise to many in- 
quiries from the visitors. Among these charitable in- 
stitutions was one of especial interest to some of our 
members, and the historian is indebted to Mr. John 
H. Voorhees of Washington, D. C, for the following 
account of 



THE AMSTERDAM'S WELVAREN, JOHN WARDER 
INFANT SCHOOL. 

Among the many institutions of a benevolent and educa- 
tional character, for which Amsterdam is noted, is one 
which has a peculiar interest for American citizens in a 
historical point of view, and for some of The Holland Society 
because of its association with the family of one of its 
members. 

The Amsterdam's Welvaren (Amsterdam's Welfare), is 
the name of an infant school, conducted in a quiet building 
at No. 7 Beeren Straat in that city, where 140 poor children 
of the neighborhood, between the ages of two and seven, 
have free daily instruction and care, provided from a fund 
arising in the following manner. 

The Amsterdam's Welvaren was the name of a Dutch 
East Indiaman owned in Amsterdam, which was captured 
in 1781 by an English vessel, the Nancy of which John 
Warder, then of London, was part owner. Holland was 
then in treaty alliance with our young Republic, and her 
commerce was a prey to English privateers, and the captain 
of the Nancy, unknown to her owners, took out Letters 
of Marque and made lawful prize of the Dutch ship. 

John Warder soon thereafter moved to Philadelphia, 
where his branch house operated for many years, and his 
descendants are still connected with business interests in 
this country. He was a member of the religious society of 
Friends, and his principles forbade him to avail himself of 
the share of the prize money which fell to him. He made 
diligent efforts to reimburse the Dutch owners, but com- 
plications arising from the condition of Europe, disturbed 



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by the continental wars then raging, and the difficulty of 
adjusting the shares of different claimants, some of whom 
could not be found, prevented him from making the in- 
tended restitution, and so the money was invested until he 
finally distributed the fund, paying principal and interest. 
There being a small residue, this was reinvested, until in 
1830, in conjunction with English Friends and Mr. John 
Mollet, a Friend residing in Amsterdam, a building was 
purchased and the present school opened in Beeren Straat 
as narrated. This was the first infant school established in 
Amsterdam. It is conducted by a resident female teacher 
and four assistants, and is under the charge of a board of 
Lady Directresses. The instruction is on the kindergarten 
principle, and the little ones, to relieve the institution from 
the name of a pure charity, pay each a penny a week to the 
educational fund. 

The above facts were obtained in part from a tablet in- 
serted in the wall of the principal school-room and from one 
of the Lady Directresses, to whom the writer is indebted 
for many courtesies, and, in her words, 

"It is hoped that the school will long remain and be to 
the neighborhood as the name of the ship indicates, an 
Amsterdam's "Welvaren." 

A little incident will illustrate the interest taken 
by all classes in our visit. In Amsterdam, one 
evening, a few of us strolling about came across the 
fish market, and close by saw a building of the 
middle ages known as St. Anthonieswegg, which we 
found was now occupied by the fire-brigade. Our 
curiosity was excited by the difference in the appa- 
ratus from that used in our own country, and, as we 
began to examine it, the men in charge asked us if 
we were members of the American Holland Society. 
We replied that we were, and immediately all on 
duty did their best to point out to us every detail of 
the various devices, ending up by taking us to the 
neighboring canal and showing us the fire-tug lying 
there and its method of use. 



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LEYDEN. 



ON Monday, August IB, we took a special train at 
9.10 in the morning for our visit to Leyden as the 
guests of the Third of October Society. This had been 
anticipated with great interest and will ever remain 
a red-letter day in the memories of all who partici- 
pated. The journey is a short one of about twenty- 
seven miles, and on the way we passed through 
Haarlem, only wishing that our days were long 
enough and many enough to allow a visit to that 
venerable town. The most of the journey lies along 
the Polder, which Dutch enterprise has made out of 
the old Haarlem Sea, and blooming fields and fertile 
grounds have taken the place of the tempestuous 
waters over which our forefathers fought the terrible 
struggle with Spain. 

On arriving at the station we found an enormous 
crowd blocking up every approach. Cheers and 
exclamations filled the air as the train stopped. On 
alighting we were received in the waiting-room by 
the chairman of the reception committee, Mr. N. 
Brouwer, who spoke excellent English. To his 
speech Mr. Van Siclen made one of his tasteful 
responses, and the way was led to the carriages. 
Here the thoughtful care which distinguished all 
the arrangements of the various committees in Hol- 
land manifested itself. In each carriage was placed 
one of the ladies of the party and two of the gen- 
tlemen, and accompanying each three was an Eng- 
lish-speaking member of the reception committee, 
who devoted himself during the day to the comfort 
of the three thus placed under his care. We were 



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preceded by the band of the Trained Guards, a mili- 
tary organization descended in a direct line from the 
militia of the city who so bravely held their own 
in the memorable siege. When all had taken their 
places in the carriages, the procession started. The 
entire populace were on the streets in holiday attire, 
as the day had been given up by the whole com- 
munity to our reception. All the streets were gaily 
decorated with flags and bunting. The cheering was 
incessant. The crowds were so thick that it was 
with difficulty that the procession could make its 
way, and each one of the party of fifty Americans 
felt that he or she was receiving such an ovation as 
would only be given in America to the most popular 
candidates in an exciting election. In this way, with 
cheers of welcome on every hand, we advanced as far 
as the students' club, "Minerva." Here we halted, 
and the president of the club, Baron Rudolph Six, 
advancing to the first carriage made a most charming 
little speech of welcome in behalf of the students of 
the University, and asked our acceptance of a me- 
morial from the students expressive of their good-will. 
He then asked us to join him in drinking the health 
of the House of Orange, and at once servants bore 
to all the carriages wine glasses filled with orange 
bitters, and each one tied with a little bow of orange 
ribbon. This was done with great enthusiasm, and 
then we advanced to the Town Hall. This edifice is 
most striking in its appearance, and is dated from 
the close of the XVIth century. Over the side 
entrance on the north is the celebrated inscription : 

"'nae s Warte hVnger-noot gebraCht had tot de doot 
blnaest zes-dVIzent MensChen, aLs' t god den heer Ver- 
droot gaf hi Vns Weder broot, zo VeeL WI C Vnsten 



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WensChen." (When the black famine had brought to the 
death nearly six thousand persons, then God, the Lord, 
repented of it and gave us bread again as much as we 
could wish.) 

This inscription, which refers to the siege of 1574, 
is a chronogram, the capitals (among which W is 
reckoned as two Vs) recording the date, and the 131 
letters the number of days during which the siege 
lasted. 

Above the center of this Town Hall waved the 
American flag. Up the lofty flight of steps we ad- 
vanced to the Municipal Council Chamber. Here we 
were received by the deputy mayor, Hon. M. L. J. 
van Buttingha Wichers, and the members of the 
Council with their old emblems of municipal author- 
ity prominently displayed. The acting mayor then 
made us an address in English. 

At the end of his address the wine of honor was 
presented to the guests. Mr. Van Siclen called upon 
the Eev. Dr. Suydam to respond for the Society. He 
did this in the following eloquent oration : 



Response of Rev. J. Howard Suydam, D. D., to tine 
Address of Welcome to The Holland Society of New- 
York by the Burgomaster of Ley den. 

Two years since, our fellow-member, Mr. Coyken- 
dall of Kingston, N. Y., invited The Holland Society 
to a banquet at the Hotel Kaaterskill, situated on a 
spur of the Catskill Mountains, 2500 feet above the 
level of the sea. 

The entertainment accorded us at that time has 
been in constant remembrance during these days of 
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ovation tendered us by you, our kindred of former 
generations, — an ovation more adapted to royalty 
than to simple citizens of a Republic. 

Upon that occasion the pleasant duty was assigned 
me to respond to a toast entitled, "The Relief of 
Leyden." I concluded my remarks with a resolution 
of cordial sympathy with the " Third of October As- 
sociation " of this city. Although the hour was two 
in the morning, the members all remained in the hall, 
and by a unanimous vote the resolution was passed 
and ordered to be cabled across the ocean to you, the 
whole company rising to their feet in enthusiastic 
approbation. 

We little thought that so many of our number, 
who were then together at midnight on that moun- 
tain height, would stand here in these Lowlands of 
Holland, face to face with those who then were so 
prominently in our thoughts, their welcomed guests, 
in the enjoyment of their lavish hospitality, and 
have our hearts stirred to their depths by treading 
the very soil upon which were enacted scenes which 
even yet cause the pages of history to glow with 
living fire. 

Mr. Burgomaster and gentlemen of the Committee 
of the Third of October Association, we reciprocate 
your kind expressions. I wish it was in my power 
to respond in your language as clearly as you have 
addressed us in ours. We are profoundly grateful 
for your attentions. We are aware that it is not 
to ourselves as individuals that these distinguished 
honors are rendered, but to the sentiment, which, 
as the product of the maintenance of a principle 
two hundred years since, abides with equal strength 
in your breasts and in ours. 



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Come and visit us in America, gentlemen, accom- 
panied by your wives and your children, and permit 
The Holland Society to endeavor to make it manifest 
better than by words how much your present kind- 
ness is appreciated. 

I find it impossible to entertain the thought of the 
Netherlands disassociated from the sea. Some of her 
large and ancient cities stand where the ocean once 
made its bed. Countless acres of her rich grazing 
lands have been rescued from beneath the depths 
upon which sanguinary naval battles were fought. 
As we look and wonder and meditate, our recollec- 
tions of the old Grecian mythology appear dimly be- 
fore the mental vision. 

We are reminded of the story of Jason and the 
golden fleece. We recall the composition of that 
distinguished company in the "Argo," their long 
absence from home, the dangers they encountered, 
their contests, the temptations to which some in 
their weakness yielded, but which others manfully 
overcame ; and as the outcome, how the stolen 
fleece was restored, — courage, perseverance, virtue, 
and a noble purpose having gained a complete 
triumph. 

In all respects the analogy is not complete; yet 
there are a few salient points of resemblance between 
those adventurers on that vessel, guided by a divinity 
which expressed itself in prophecy through the wood 
of which its mast had been formed, as it made its 
way through the unknown waters of the Mediterra- 
nean, and the enterprise of our fathers, which carried 
them from these near-at-hand ports across the At- 
lantic to make their habitation in the wilds of North 
America. 



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It is true the golden fleece had not been stolen. 
Our fathers were not impelled in the search by a 
superstitious regard for a sentimental talisman. To 
them it signified what gold can procure. It signified 
a livelihood for themselves and their families ; it sig- 
nified a rapidly increasing population; it signified 
the evolution of the hamlet from the hovel, and of 
great cities from the hamlet. It included in its 
meaning, education, elevation, culture. It embraced 
all that which we will be pleased to exhibit to you, 
when you shall do us the honor to visit our shores as 
the welcome guests of The Holland Society of New- 
York. This is the meaning of the golden fleece for 
which our fathers, the Dutch Argonauts of these 
Northern Seas, made their expedition to the far-away 
land of the setting sun. 

Accuse us not of sordid avarice because we did not 
return it, when found, to you ; we retained it. And 
now after an absence of two hundred years we have 
returned to make our report. 

Kindred of former generations, aye, may I not say, 
brothers of to-day, we have found the golden fleece 
and we have made good use of it. 

I wish to emphasize this, tve have made good use of it, 
and for the reason that our fathers, yours and ours, 
taught us how to utilize what we have in possession. 
They carried from this land the principles which con- 
stitute the present greatness of the United States of 
America. Few in number as were our colonial fore- 
fathers, they have left an indelible impression upon 
a land now comprising a population of more than 
sixty millions of inhabitants. This was deepened and 
expanded by those refugees for conscience' sake who 
fled from their homes in the British Islands to take 



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up their abode in this very city which now welcomes 
us. They were men and women who sought and here 
found freedom to worship Grod. What before was 
ideal, here became a blessed experience ; and having 
drank deeply from the virtues of the Pierean spring 
which flowed in such volume from these Lowlands, 
they, too, sought a permanent home in the New 
World. The remains of their leader, who intended 
to follow the precious freight of the " Mayflower" and 
the " Speedwell," now lie beneath the floor of yonder 
cathedral, — a truly great man, removed in the prime 
of a vigorous manhood. May I not suggest that 
some movement be made towards erecting a suit- 
able monument in this city to the memory of John 
Eobinson ? 

The Pilgrim and the Hollander departing from 
the same soil, and affected by the same influences, 
planted in America the principles which they drew 
from the hearts of their mothers, or absorbed from 
the surrounding atmosphere. From these were born 
the great Republic of the West, now in its maturity, 
the wonder of the wonders of the ages. 

And this reminds me of another story in the old 
mythology, learned in youth, but which, like other 
classics, fades away as time passes and professional 
duties demand attention. 

You will recall, with me, that one of the numerous 
offspring of Neptune, and because of his love for 
Terra, was Antaeos, who proved to be a savage brute 
in the form of a man. Around his primitive dwelling 
in the wilderness in which he dwelt were monuments 
composed of the bones of the victims he destroyed, 
and he claimed as his proper prey all who came 
within his reach. 



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No one was able to cope with him in personal com- 
bat. At length Hercules made the attempt, and 
though he often threw him to the ground, he imme- 
diately sprang up into new life and vigor. Hercules 
made the discovery that so long as Antaeos remained 
in contact with the earth he was invincible. He 
must be removed or he would retain his savage 
nature, and continue his merciless slaughter. Her- 
cules therefore seized him and held the monster 
within the grasp of his mighty arms until he 
perished. 

Suggestive as is this myth of valuable lessons not 
remote from the present occasion, I ask you to note 
this one as illustrated in ourselves, who have gone 
away and lived apart from our Motherland. It is 
this: that the aspirations and achievements of our 
Holland forefathers, inherited in our memories and 
engraven upon our hearts, have enabled us com- 
pletely to overcome the cruel savagery of a pioneer 
civilization. You may see the bones of our leaders 
which mark a ghastly pathway from the rock-bound 
coast of New England to the golden gate of Califor- 
nia. But you will also see at this present time that 
there has been a Hercules engaged in mortal combat 
with Antaeos. There has been a power exercised 
which has lifted the great giant of slavish toil above 
the earth and strangled him ; so that the humanities 
are now in the ascendancy. This is the product of 
applied science indicated by inventions, and religion, 
compelling those comprising the race, each in the 
other, to recognize a man. 

This Herculean influence came to us largely from 
this land. Your eighty years' struggle against un- 



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just oppression and for religions liberty; and that 
love of learning which established this university of 
Leyden, the acknowledged cradle of the sciences, 
which to-day bestows such a wealth of benefit upon 
mankind ; and that dogged perseverance which knew 
no master, — not among men, not even in nature, — 
no master but the one God before whom we all bend 
in reverent homage; these memories, these aspira- 
tions, these achievements, have possessed us, so that 
the people of our country are living to-day, like 
yourselves, in the upper atmosphere of the arts and 
letters, philosophy and poetry, religion and philan- 
thropy. 

The Hercules born of science and religion has 
conquered the savage Antaeos by lifting him above 
the earth. 

We also learned from this, your country and our 
old home, the value of opportunity. You taught us 
to choose the best gifts which time proffers ; and you 
also taught us not to yield, but to conquer circum- 
stances. 

The contest with circumstances makes or destroys 
men. In this is ever illustrated the survival of the 
fittest. It is not the quantity but the quality of 
what we take to ourselves that constitutes the ele- 
ment of growth in a true man. 

As it is with the individual, so is it with the multi- 
tude which comprises a community or a nation. 

Holland has given us examples of both — the choice 
of the best, and the conquest of circumstances. 

My meaning in this respect to the gifts of time is 
forcibly expressed by our American sage, the late 
Ralph Waldo Emerson. He says : 



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Daughters of Time, the hypocritic days, 

Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes, 

And marching single in an endless file, 

Bring diadems and faggots in their hands. 

To each they offer gifts after his will, — 

Bread, kingdoms, stars, and sky that holds them all. 

I, in my pleached garden watched the pomp, 

Forgot my morning wishes, hastily 

Took a few herbs and apples, and the day 

Turned and departed silent. I, too late, 

Under the solemn fillet saw the scorn. 



Opportunity ! The right choice of time's gifts ! 
To take the greatest and the best as we may ! She 
presents that which will develop our manhood. Shall 
we take only that by which we may exist ? 

In our blessed book of books it is written, that be- 
cause Solomon asked wisdom, therefore there were 
added riches and honors. He chose the best. And 
here, where we now stand, two hundred and fourteen 
years ago the suffering inhabitants of this city were 
offered a choice of what should contribute to their 
immediate material advantage, or of that which 
should develop their higher manhood and result in 
greater blessing to their children. And hence your 
University, which gave your city a world-wide 
reputation as the Athens of modern times. You 
taught us how to choose. Our fathers gave us as- 
piration. The days brought their rich gifts, and 
those who chose, enjoyed them, so that your kin- 
dred across the sea are proud to hold up to your 
view the product of the seed taken from hence 
centuries agone. 

Besides the best gifts of time, you also have 
equally and signally illustrated the subjugation of 
circumstances. 



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It is often said that the mountains develop the 
best form of manhood. An English nobleman, 
traveling our rocky State of Vermont, in company 
with the late ex- Vice-President of the United States, 
Henry Wilson, asked, " What can you raise here 1 " 
To which Wilson replied, " Men." 

It is true. The mountains develop the best form 
of manhood, but it is because men are there com- 
pelled to force a livelihood from an unremunerative 
soil. 

It is not necessarily the mountain, but it is the 
contest and the triumph over difficulties of whatever 
character that forms the best type of manhood. 
This is here, in Holland, as it is yonder in Piedmont. 
Those of the Netherlands can successfully cope with 
those of the Pyrenees — Orange with Philip. Has it 
not been demonstrated 1 

Aye ! It is the people who master circumstances 
who become great, and grow on all sides of their na- 
ture. And here we find a perpetual example in these 
dykes and dunes, in these wondrous waterways, in 
these flourishing cities, and in these beautiful, cleanly 
homes. 

friends, kindred, blood of our blood, we respond 
with equal warmth to your kindly greeting, and we 
say to you, that so long as the desire for liberty 
shall dwell within the breasts of man anywhere 
throughout the world ; so long as men shall cherish 
the hope of a blessed immortality ; so long as there 
shall be aspiration for individual elevation, and for 
that of the race ; so long as conveniences and com- 
forts of a material kind are desired and to be 
secured — so long must Old Holland be cherished 
in the memory ; so long must gratitude, like the lights 
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in the temple of Vesta, burn upon the altar of hu- 
man hearts for what she has done and for what she 
will ever continue to do for mankind. 

With all this meaning that I have endeavored to 
include in my remarks cast into the words, and very 
much more, we join you in exclaiming, Oranje boven, 
Oranje boven al. 

Here flowers were presented to all the ladies 
and gentlemen. We then took a hurried glance at 
the many antiquities in the Town Hall, and regretted 
that time was passing so fast that we could not longer 
enjoy their inspection. After this we went on foot 
to the Burg, that most interesting relic of prehistoric 
times. As we mounted to its top and looked over 
the scene, we could not help recalling how three 
centuries before the famine- wasted defenders of the 
city had looked from thence in eager hope that 
succor was at hand. Too soon we were recalled 
from the thoughts of the past to the pleasures of the 
present, and found our way to the Museum. There 
again we had a most appropriate little speech of 
welcome from Dr. W. Pleyte in behalf of the authori- 
ties of the Museum, and a card of admission to the 
special exhibition gotten up for us, representing the 
ancient city of Leyden ; and one of the earliest views 
of New Amsterdam was presented to us as a me- 
mento of the occasion. Here again flowers were 
given to the ladies. We then proceeded next door, 
to one of the most magnificent exhibitions made for 
us in Holland. A two-story house had been specially 
procured for the occasion and cleared of its contents, 
and all the riches of the libraries and collections of 
Leyden, which related to the connection between 



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75 

Leyden and America, and the early Dutch settle- 
ments in North America, were laid out for onr beuefit, 
with learned attendants to point out their beauties. 
A printed book of twenty-eight pages (inserted facing 
p. 80), containing a catalogue of the treasures, had 
been especially prepared for the occasion. 

After an inspection of these treasures, much too 
short to either gratify our curiosity or to repay the 
kindly zeal which had prompted their collection, we 
were forced by the shortness of our stay to proceed 
onward. We made a hurried visit to the University 
and a rapid survey of the various rooms, gazing with 
interest at the portraits of the professors in the 
senate room, and the historical treasures there dis- 
played. We viewed with amusement the cartoons 
of the students on the walls of the passageways, 
paid a brief visit to the chapel, and then made a 
hurried inspection of the fine monument to Vande- 
werf, the heroic burgomaster under whose lead the 
defense of the siege was so long and successfully 
conducted. With appetites sharpened by all we had 
seen, we then proceeded to the most fashionable 
restaurant in the city, where was served in a room 
overlooking a fine garden an elegant and bounteous 
collation. The same arrangement that had been 
made for the carriages was here observed. Small 
tables were set for each party, and a Dutch host 
presided at each; a fine orchestra hidden behind 
banks of ferns discoursed pleasing music, and every- 
thing served to attract and cheer the somewhat 
fatigued visitors. Two of the courses were most 
appropriate to the occasion, being two of those which 
are always prepared for the banquets of the Third of 
October Society. One was the celebrated " Hutspot." 



76 

The tradition of this dish is, that this was the dinner 
which was cooking for the Spaniards at the time 
they were surprised by the attack of the relieving 
force, and was left by the Spaniards in their flight. 
Our genial Secretary has seen to it that all the 
members of the Society have the recipe for this 
famous dish. The other course was white bread, 
on which were served delicate small herring with a 
delicious sauce. This is always accompanied by a 
rhyming couplet, which signifies that as long as 
Leyden has white bread and herring she has nothing 
to fear. After full justice had been given to the 
luncheon and our hearts were warmed by wine, 
Mr. Brouwer made a most interesting speech ; among 
other things, he said : 

"Yes, we now see with our own eyes that this 
small acorn of liberty has at last brought out a great 
oak. Has not your great historian, John Lothrop 
Motley, made the remark that the resistance to 
England's despotism found its example in our resist- 
ance to Spain ? The mother has not forgotten her 
children. Her example was the incitement to keep to 
the front the banners of liberty. The Republic of 
North America excites us. But, thank God, as honest 
children, you have not forgotten your mother. You 
and I aud all of us feel that we are brothers and 
sisters, descending from the same grand old tree of 
past generations. May this grand oak, now in full 
bloom in America, never cease in growth. Ladies and 
gentlemen, please rise and drink to the toast of 
' The great American Republic : Liberty above all.' " 

This was received with enthusiasm and responded 
to by Van Siclen in Dutch. Then, as the time was 
drawing short, we took quite along walk through the 



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pleasant park to the Society Musis Sacrum, a club de- 
lightfully situated at one end of the park, and which 
is for the exclusive use of the members and their 
families. Here Mr. J. J. van Masyk Huyser Van 
Reenen, the president, gave a most charming little 
address in which he said : " There may exist some dif- 
ferences of opinion upon the matter of religion as 
well as that of politics, yet, in the reception of 
foreigners every one is united and in full accord 
when it relates to guests whose breasts are decorated 
with tokens of love for the House of Orange, and 
whose hearts beat warmly for the same. Mutual 
friendship already exists, but now it is made stronger 
by a social glass and by a brotherly shaking of hands." 
Baron von Roell, in behalf of the students of the 
University, then presented to the ladies an American 
flag in silk, as a token of their gallant admiration for 
their charms. Here our choir distinguished them- 
selves by a rendition of most of the chants of the 
voyage, which were given with effusion, and received 
with enthusiasm. The students responded with several 
of their songs, and a very jolly half hour was passed. 
Making our way through the crowd which had again 
assembled outside, we entered our carriages, and 
started on our way to the station, but were again 
stopped in front of the students' club, and pressed to 
take one last taste of gin as a parting shot. As we 
reached the station we passed through ranks of the 
students, ranged on both sides of the door, who 
gave us a parting salutation full of warmth and feel- 
ing. After we were within the doors, in deference to 
the entreaties of our hosts, the choir came together 
and sang "Yankee Doodle" as a farewell song. It 
may here be remarked, that all through Holland, by 



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bands, and on organs and church-chimes, "Yankee 
Doodle " was played for us on every possible occasion. 
As the train moved off, Mr. Van Siclen taught us 
a cheer for the Leyden University in the original 
Dutch (Leve de Leidsche Universiteit), which we re- 
peated, answering cheers and exclamations coming 
from all sides. Thus ended one of the most memor- 
able days of the trip, ever to be pleasantly remem- 
bered by all who participated therein. 

A better idea of the Dutch view of this magnificent 
reception may be gained from the following trans- 
lation from the Leyden Daily News [Leidsch Dag- 
blad], of August 14, 1888: 



THE VISIT OF THE AMERICAN MEMBERS (LEDEN DONA- 
TEURS) OF THE THIRD OF OCTOBER ASSOCIATION 
TO LEIDEN. 

Early in the morning our city wore a festive aspect, flags 
floating from all public buildings and many private resi- 
dences in a gay manner, thanks to the strong breeze, and 
glittering in the rays of the sun, hidden too often this 
summer. Indeed, the sun shone on our streets and canals. 
Our city was about to enjoy the honor to receive our breth- 
ren from America, and if the storm and the rain of the 
night before had caused many fears, in the morning there 
was cause for contentment. 

Not only the national tricolor, the orange, and the city 
colors, but also the American flag (red and white stripes, 
and silver stars) braved the gale ; among others it adorned 
the City Hall, the Cotton Factory, and the middle of the 
Breestraat. When the train was due at the station, also 
ornamented with flags, a large crowd went there to witness 
the arrival. 

These visitors, brethren from old New Amsterdam, seem- 
ingly forgotten for two hundred years, they reappeared, 
proud of being Hollanders. They came far from over the 



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sea to see that old country from which their mighty republic 
sprang ; they also came to Leiden. 

And Leiden, or rather the Third of October Association, 
received them in a worthy manner; and if they have 
changed the tricolor for the starry banner, they have not 
been estranged ; they are, as we are, descendants from 
those hardy sailors of the seventeenth century, who con- 
quered the world by courage and force ; we grasp their 
hands as relatives. 

What wonder that we recall with a feeling of sadness 
how in 1615 the flag of the Dutch Republic was planted on 
that little fortress of Manhattan Island, out of which gradu- 
ally grew powerful New- York. Shall we not remember that 
a Hollander, Pieter Stuyvesant, was the actual founder of 
that prosperity? 

But here they are, the long-expected guests. The 10.40 
train stops, and the band of the National Guard plays the 
American national air while the assembled multitude cheers. 

The committee of the Third of October Association 
escorts the guests to the first-class waiting-room, where 
Mr. N. Brouwer, the president, addresses them in English 
as follows : 

" Ladies and Gentlemen : Allow me to say a few words 
in the name of the Third of October Association. First, I 
welcome you to Leiden, and want to thank you for your 
visit to our city and to our Association. Brethren and 
sisters, descendants of the same Watergeuzen of the Six- 
teenth Century, separated by the Atlantic Ocean, but firmly 
bound together by the same principles of civil and religious 
liberty, it is for our Association a great honor to call you 
our guests to-day. Our special gratitude is due the ladies 
who will largely contribute to the pleasure of the day. Time 
being limited we will try to make the best use possible of it, 
and therefore I invite you to enter these carriages, which 
will convey you to the City Hall. If in each carriage one 
lady and two gentlemen will take seats, a member of our 
committee will join you, in order that each of us may enjoy 
your company. Allow me first to offer the ladies a small 
bouquet, as a testimonial of our feelings. May this bou- 
quet be the omen of a fine day." 

After this the members of the reception committee, con- 
sisting, besides the officials of the Third of October Associa- 



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tion, of Mr. C. M. Dozy, City Archivist ; P. du Rieu, jr., 
Conservator of the Municipal Museum ; Louis D. Petit, of 
the Royal University Library ; Dr. W. Pleyte, Conservator 
of the Museum of Antiquities ; James de Fremery, Consul 
of the Netherlands at San Francisco, U. S., here temporarily; 
Dr. E. A. O. Was, and P. J. van Wyngaarden, officials of the 
Third of October Association ; these gentlemen offered 
their arms to the ladies, to escort them to the sixteen 
carriages, in each of which a member of the committee 
took a seat, and then the cavalcade went to the City Hall, 
saluted by a large multitude with shouts and clapping of 
hands. 

In front of the Club " Minerva " a short stop was made ; 
there they were greeted by the students, who, while the 
music played " Io Vivat," offered them a printed document 
and a glass of Orange bitters. The document read : 

"1575—1888. 
"academia lugduni-batavorum. 

" The Students of Leiden, sympathizing with the mem- 
bers of The Holland Society, U. S. A., but not able to receive 
them at their club house at this moment, claim the honor 
of offering them a glass of a national drink, ' Orange bitters,' 
and propose the health of the King, the Queen, and the Prin- 
cess of the Netherlands." 

This curious surprise made a good impression and was 
gracefully accepted. Arrived at the City Hall, they ascended 
the high stoop and were received in the Burgomaster's 
Chamber, by the acting Burgomaster, Mr. N. L. J. Van 
Buttingha "Wichers, the City Secretary, and members 
of the Council. Here, the visitors being arranged in a 
circle, the acting Burgomaster thus addressed them in their 
native tongue : 

" Ladies and Gentlemen : Speaking for the city of Leiden, 
which I have to-day the honor of representing, I welcome 
you with all possible cordiality. I deem it a great privilege 
for our city, a privilege worthy of being recorded in her 
annals, that your Society accords us one day out of the few 
it is spending in Holland. At the same time you will not 



THE PILGRIM FATHERS. 



EXHIBITION OF DOCUMENTS 

FROM 

PUBLIC AND PEIVATE COLLECTIONS AT LEIDEN, 

RELATING TO THE DUTCH SETTLEMENTS 

IN NORTH-AMERICA. 



AUGUST 1888. 






THE PILGRIM FATHERS. 



EXHIBITION OF DOCUMENTS 

FROM 

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AT LEIDEN, 

RELATING TO THE DUTCH SETTLEMENTS 

IN NORTH-AMERICA. 



AUGUST 1888. 



BOEKDRUKKERIJ VAN P. W. M. TRAP, LEIDEN. 



Aan het einde der zestiende eeuw had het vrijheidsbe- 
ginsel, door de hervorming in kerk en staat gewekt, reu- 
sachtige afmetingen aangenomen, en vond zoowel zijn 
ijverige voor- als tegenstanders. In Engeland was het 
clericalisme onderdrukt onder de Katholieken, maar ver- 
toonde zich krachtig in het streven naar een hervormde 
Staatskerk onder de regeering van Elisabeth en later van 
Jacobus. 

Het vijheidsbegrip in de kerk, vond in velen ijverige 
voorstanders. Onder de Staatskerk wilden zij onafhanke- 
lijk blijven, en als onafhankelijken, Independenten, stelden 
zij alles op het spel om zich die onafhankelijkheid te ver- 
zekeren. Zij moesten het opgeven. Robert Browne, een 
Independent, ontvlood met eenige aanhangers, en waar 
zouden zij zich beter vestigen dan in de Nederlanden, waar 
een vrijheidslievende bevolking den strijd met de grootste 
mogendheden van dien tijd roemrijk voerde, en binnen de 
muren harer steden, onder de regeering van Prins Willem 
van Oranje, vrijheid van G-odsdienst in den meest uitge- 
breiden zin van het woord, huldigde. 

Zij trokken van Norwich naar Middelburg in 1581, ver- 
lieten weder die plaats en trachtten in 1582 in Engeland 
nogmaals hun geluk te beproeven. In 1592 werd het hun 
te bang, zij weken naar het Nederlandsche Naarden en gin- 
gen in 1596 naar Amsterdam. Een strijd met den Amster- 
damschen Smyth, deed de aanhangers van Robinson, een 
volgeling van Browne, naar Leiden de wijk nemen. In 
Amsterdam bleven de Baptisten, in Leiden kwamen de 
Brownisten in 1609. Onder de regeering van Prins Maurits 
leefden zij, en predikten hun geloof in de woning van 
Robinson, op het Pieterskerkplein. Sommigen meenen dat 
zij zich aansloten bij de Engelsche Puriteinen en Presby- 
terianen, doch dit is niet waarschijnlijk. De eersten hadden 
hunne kerk achtereenvolgens in het Catherynen gasthuis, 
in het Jeruzalemshof, en eindelijk in de kerk der Bagijnen, 
waar zij tot op het begin dezer eeuw, hun godsdienst uitoe- 
f en den. Robinson schijnt echter meer aan de Nederlandsch- 
Hervormden zich te hebben aangesloten. Zijn vrienden 
waren de Leidsche Professoren onder wien Hoornbeek 
Hommius en Polyander een eerste plaats bekleedden. 



Het ging hun niet altijd even voorspoedig, zoodat zij 
naar ruimer werkkring en beteren levenswelstand uitzagen. 
Het plan rijpte bij Robinson om naar Amerika te vertrek- 
ken, doch in 1625 stierf hij, door alien betreurd. Zijn 
lijkstoet naar de Pieterskerk werd door alle professoren, 
zoo men verteld, gevolgd, en Hoornbeek gaf omtrent hem 
dit loffelijke getuigenis : 

„Gratus nostris dum vixit fuit, et theologis Leidensibus 
f amiliaris et honoratus n . 

Een jaar voor den dood van Robinson stak reeds een der- 
tigtal Waalsche families, naar Amerika over, die zich voor- 
namelijk aan de boorden der Hudson vestigden. Hun 
leider was Jeste de Forest, een lakenverver uit Avesnes in 
Henegouwen, aan wien de stichting van Nieuw Amsterdam 
moet worden toegeschreven, dat kleine begin dier wereld- 
stad van den grootsten vrijheid sstaat der wereld, de Ver- 
eenigde Staten. 

Na Robinsons dood zijn ook de Brownisten naar Amerika 
getrokken, alwaar zij zieh op het eiland Manhattan, in den 
mond der Hudson nederzetten. 

Met ingenomenheid gaan wij na, hoe die vrijheid zich 
verder ontwikkelde en nimmer zich binden liet, geen juk 
werd meer geduld; Engeland moest eindelijk, evenals de 
overige mogendheden, den strijd opgeven. Washingtons 
beleid vestigde de republiek, die thans voor heel de Oude 
wereld het toonbeeld is van ware vrije volksregeering. 

De Holland Society herinnert zich dien strijd en die 
zegepraal, immer dankbaar voor den oorsprong van hun 
vrijer leven in Holland, en vele vrijheidsgezinden in Neder- 
land begroeten de broeders met vreugde, die toonen, wat 
men langs dezen weg in de wereld vermag te worden. Vrij- 
heid in godsdienst, vrijheid in beginselen, vrijheid in leven 
en streven op alle gebied. — Liberty above all ! 

Leiden, 13 Aug. 1888. 

Mr. CHARLES M. DOZY, Archivaris der 
gemeente Leiden. 

P. DU RIEU Jr., Conservator van het Stede- 
lijk Museum. 

LOUIS D. PETIT, Conservator aan 's Rijks 
Universiteits Bibliotheek, 

Dr. W. PLEYTE, Conservator aan 's Rijks 
Museum van Oudheden. 



In the latter part of the 16 th century, the ideas of liberty 
in Church and State, preached by the reformation, had 
found both zealous antagonists and protectors. 

In England, where catholicisme was suppressed, clerical- 
isme showed itself the stronger under the reign of Elisabeth 
and that of James, in the endeavour to obtain a reformed 
Church, so that the partisans of liberty, who strove with 
might and main to retain their independence in the Church, 
were forced to give up the struggle. 

Robert Browne, an Independent, fled with some of his 
followers to the Netherlands and sought a refuge among 
the Dutch, then fighting gloriously under prince William 
of Orange, for their liberty, and securing freedom of re- 
ligion to all who settled within their walls. 

These Independents went from Norwich to Middelburg 
in 1581, left this town and returned to England in 1582, 
but in 1592 were obliged to fly again to Holland, this time 
to the town of Naarden. 

In the year 1596 they settled in Amsterdam but a quarrel 
with the baptist minister Smyth, caused the followers of 
Robinson, a disciple of Browne, to go to Leiden, where 
Robinson lived and worked for the wellfare of his commu- 
nity during the reign of Prince Maurice. He preached in 
his own house on the Pieterskerkhof. 

It is sometimes said that the Brownists joined the Puritans 
and Presbyterians but this is not probable. Very likely 
Robinson had more sympathy for the Dutch Reformed 
Church. The Puritans, first had a chapel in St. Catharine's 
hospital, afterwards in the Jeruzalem's hof and at last in 
the Bagijnhof, where they had their religious assemblies 
till the beginning of this century. 

As things did not always go very well with the Indepen- 
dents, Robinson resolved to emigrate with his followers to 
America, there to seek a better fortune, but he died in 1625, 
regretted by every one. He was enterred in the Pieterskerk 
and his funeral was followed by the Professors of the Lei- 
den University, who had all been his friends, more especi- 
ally Hommius, Polyander and Hoornbeek. Hoornbeek 
said of him : 



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„Gratus nostris dum vixit fuit, et theologis Leidensibus 
fauiiliaris et honoratus.'' 

One year before his death about thirty Walloon families 
had already left Leyden and several of them had settled on 
the isle Manhattan in the mouth of the Hudson. The re- 
moval was conducted by Jesse de Forest, a Leiden dyer, 
who is the founder of New Amsterdam, the origin of New- 
York, the greatest town of the largest f reestate of the world, 
the United States of America. 

It is with warm interest that we follow the rise of this 
republic, during the struggle with England and its final 
success. 

The Holland Society remembers that struggle and victory, 
and is thankful to Holland, the birthplace of that liberty. 
Therefore every Dutchman who loves liberty, cordially 
greets his American brothers, who prove what a people can 
accomplish through that principle. Freedom of religion, 
freedom of principles. — Liberty above all ! 



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d. Jacob van Werven, 1744, naar de oorspronkelijke teekening 
vermoedelijk vervaardigd door Hans Liefrinck. 
Plan of the town of Leiden, entitled : Exact picture of the Town 
and University of Leiden in Holland. Copy in parchment by 
Jacob von Werven, 1744, from the original drawing probably 
made by Hans Liefrinck. 
Platte grond van Leiden. Heliographiscke reprodnctie van de 
platte grond v. Hans Liefrinck. Uitg. d. W. Pleyte, in: 
Leyden voor 300 jaren, Leiden 1874. fol. 

Plan of Leyden. Heliographical reproduction of the plan made by 
Hans Liefrinck ed. by W. Pleyte, in: Leyden voor 100 jaren en 
thans. Leiden 1874. fol. 
Plattegrond van Leyden, Anno 1600. Kopergr. d. P. Bastius. 

Plan of Leyden. A. D. 1600. Engr. by P. Bastius. 
Platte grond van Leiden, get. : Lugdunum Batavorum vernaculo 
Leyden. Kopergr. uit Blaeu, Atlas major. 
Plan of the town of Leiden, entitled : Lugdunum Batavorum verna- 
culo Leyden. From Blaeu' s Atlas major. 
Prospect van Leiden: gem. „ Leyden". Grav. d. C. J. Visscher 
(naar C. L. Rivet). Uit Blaeu, Atlas. 
Prospect of Leiden : Entitled Leyden. Engr. by C. J. Visscher, 
after C. L. Rivet, Ex Blaeu 's Atlas. 
G. Sumner, Memoirs of the Pilgrims at Leyden. Cambridge 
1845. 8°. 

Printed in ,, Collections of the Massachusets Histor. Society " Vol. 
IX 3d Ser. 
Gerechts Dagboeck gem. G. — Op fol. 33 : Versouck van wegen 
100 persoonen in Engelandt gebooren om haer residentie hier 
ter stede te mogen nemen, met de dispositie van die van den 
gerechte dato 12 febr. 1609. 
Register of common affairs, G. — fol. 33. Bequest of 100 persons 
born in England for permission to live in this toivn,with a favor- 
able disposition of the town council dated Febr. 12th. 1609. 
Portret van Jan van Hout, overl. 1609. Secretaris van de stad 
Leiden. Grav. d. W. Swanenburg met onderschrift van D. 
H(einsius). 

Portrait of Jan van Hout f 1609. Secretary of the town of Leiden. 

Engr. by W. Swanenburg with a subscription by D. H(einsius). 

Kaarten van het bon Zevenbuizen (buurt waar J. Robinson heet't 

gewoond) met photogr. afbeeldingen van den tegenwoordigen 

toestand. 

Map of the section Zevenhuizen (quarter in which J. Robinson 

lived) with a photographical view of its present state. 

Kaart van de Huysinge ende erve van Jolian Laleyh, gelegen aen S. 

Pieterskerck-hoff . Teekening d. J. P. Dow, 16 January 1607. 

Map of Johan Laleyli's house and garden ; situated near the 

cimetary of St. Peter. Drawn by J. P. Dow. 16 January 

1607. 

Caerte van Eenige Huysen ende Erven .... aende Westzijde 

vande Heeresteegh. Item langs de zuytzijde van St. Pieters- 

kerckhof, alsook Oost en West zijde van de Commandeursteegh 

enz. Gedaen in Augustus des jaers 1649 door Joris Gerstecoren. 

Map showing some houses and gardens . ... on the Westside of 

the Heeresteegh. Idem on the southside of the cimetary of St. 

Peter and also on the East- and Westside of the Commandeurs- 

steegh etc Made in A ugust of the year 1649 by Joris Gerstecoren. 



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Gezicht op de Pieterskerk en de Kloksteeg met het Pesynshof. 
Teekening in 0. I. inkt. 

View of the Church of St. Peter and the Kloksteeg with the 
Bagyrihof. Drawing. 
Aa, A. J. van der, Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden 
.... voortgezet door K. J. R. van Harderwijk en Dr. G. 
D. J. Schotel. 16e Deel. Haarlem. 1874. 8™. _ Bl. 378 Levens- 
schets van John Robinson. 
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.... continued by K. J. B. van Harderwijk and Dr. G. 
D. J. Schotel. vol. 16. Haarlem 1874. 8™. — P ag . 378 
Biography of John Bobinson. 
N. C. Kist, John Robinson, predikant der Leidsche Brownisten- 
Gemeente, en de moederkerk der Engelsche Indepedenten en 
grondlegster der Kolonie Plymouth in Noord-Amerika. — Uit 
Nieuw Arckief voor Kerkel. Gesehied. dl VIII. 

N. C. Kist, John Bobinson, minister of the Ley den Broionist-com- 
munity, the mother-church of the English Independants ivho 
occasioned the founding of the colony Plymouth in North- 
America. 
Portret van Prof. N. C. Kist, overl. 1859. (schrijver van John 
Robinson, pred. der Leidsche Brownisten gemeente). Lith. 
d. L. Springer. 
Portrait of Prof. N. C. Kist f 1859. ( Author of John Bobinson, 
pred. der Leidsche Brownisten gemeente). Lith. by L. Springer. 
Album Studiosorum Academiae Lugduno Batavae MDLXXV- 
MDCCCLXXV. Aecedunt nomina curatorum et professorum 
per eadem secula. Hagae Comitum. 1875. 4°. 
Quohier van 't Hoofdgeld d'anno 1622. Bon Sevenhuysen fol. 38 : 
In de poort van de Engelsche kerk. Jan Robbenson predicant, 
enz. 

Quohier of the poll-tax A. D. 1622. — Section Sevenhuysen 

fol. 38. Jn the gate of the English Church. John Bob- 

benson, minister. 

De Nederlandsche Spectator. 1865. Arnhem, 's Gravenhage 

(1865) 4°. In n°. 35 (2 September) b. 273 een bericht 

omtrent den gedenksteen in het Pesynshofje. 

Note about the memorial stone in the Pesynshofje in the Neder- 
landsche Spectator 1865 Sept. 2d. N°. 35, p. 273. 
Portret van prof. Johannes Hoornbeeck, overl. 1666, schrijver van 
de Summa controv. relig.; over de Brouwnisten. Grav. d. 
Suyderhoef. 
Portrait of Prof. Johannes Hoornbeeck. f 1666, author of 
the Summa controv. relig.; about the Broicnists. Engr. by 
Suyderhoef. 
Portret van denzelf den, grav. d. A. Santvoort. 
Portrait of the same, engrav. by A. Santvoort. 
Portret van prof. Festus Hommius, overl. 1642, regent van het 

Staten college. Grav. uitgegeven door P. v. d. Aa. 
Getuigschrift geschreven door Prof. Festus Hommius van 25 
Januari 1622. 

Portrait of Prof. Festus Hommius f 1642 regent of the college of 

Staten. Engraving, ed. by P. v. d. Aa. 
Testimony written by Prof. Festus Hommius dated Jan. 25 1622. 
Portret van Prof. Polyander, geschilderd door "? 
Portrait of Prof. Polyander, by ? 



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Het S. Catharina gasthuis, zo als het zig vertocmde A° 1567. 
Grav. d. C. Brouwer (1783). uit v. Mieris, Beschr. v. Leiden. 
The hospital of St. Catherine, as it tvas A. D. 1567. Engraving 
by C. Brouwer (1783), from v. Mieris Description of Leiden. 
Katharyne gasthuis. Teekening in 0. I. inkt. 
St. Catharine's hospital. 

't St. Catharine Gasthuis. Grav. uit Rademaker, Riinland. A°. 
1736. 
Hospital of St. Catherine. Engraving from Bademaker, Bynland 

De Gasthuiskerk van binnen. (Engelsche kerk.). Teekeniner A°. 
1787. 
Interior of the Hospital chapel (English church). A . 1787. 

St. Katharyne Gasthuiskerk op de plaats te zien. Teekening 
A°. 1787. 
Chapel of St. Catharine's hospital, shown in its present state. 

A . 1787. 

De gevel van het Katharyne Gasthuis op de Aalmarkt. Teeke- 
ning A°. 1788. 
Facade of St. Catharine'' s hospital on the Aalmarkt. A°. 1788. 
Jeruzalemshof op de Kaiserstraat. Engelsche kerk tot 1644. 
Teekening (laatst der 18e eeuw). 
Jerusalemshof in the Kaiserstreet. English church till the year 
1644. Drawing from the end of the 18th century. 
Kaart vau een gedeelte van het Falyde Bagijnhof achter de kerk. 
Teekening d. J. P. Douw (+ 1610). 
Map of a part of the Falyde Bagynhof behind the church. Drawn 
by J. P. Douw (+ 1610). 

De engelsche kerk (kerk van het Falyde Bagynhof). Teekening 
d. J. J. Bylaert (18e eeuw). 

The english church (Church of the Falyde Bagynhof) drawn by 
J. J. Bylaert (18th century). 

De Engelsche kerk in het Bagiinhof, van binnen. Teekening. 
A . 1787. 
Interior of the English church in tlie Bagynhof. A. D. 1787. 






Portret van Frederik Hendrik. Grav. d. J. Suyderhoef. 

Portrait of Prince Frederic Henry. Enqr. by J. Suyderhof 
(1625-1647). 

Portret van Prins Frederik Hendrik, geschilderd door Cornells 
Stooter. 
Portrait of Prince Frederik Henry, by Cornelis Stooter. 
Prospect van Delftshaven, get. De Haven der Stadt Delft, 
genaemt Delfshaven. Grav. d. C. Decker. 

Prospect of Delftshaven, marked the Port of the city of Delft. 
Called Delftshaven. Engr. by C. Decker. 
Afbeelding van schepen uit het begin der XVIIe eeuw. Grav. 
H. Hondius, etc. (1603). 

Picture of ships in the beginning of the XVIIth century. Engr. 
by H. Hondius, etc. 1603. 



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Portret van Prins Willem II. Grav. d. Corn. Visseher, naar 
G. van Hondthorst. 
Portrait of Prince William II. Engr. by Corn. Vischer, copied 
from G. von Hondthorst. 
Portret van Maria van Engeland. Grav. d. Corn. Visseher, naar 
G. van Hondthorst. 

Portrait of Mary of England ( Wife of William II) Engr. by 
Corn. Visseher, copied from G. von Hondthorst. 
Portret van Prins Willem III (Stadhouder, Koning v. Engeland. 
Zwarte kunst d. J. Smith. 
Portrait of Prince William III (Stadtholder, King of England) 
by J. Smith. 

Governour Bradford's Letter Book. — To our beloved friends Mr. 
William Bradford, Mr. Isaac Allerton, Mr. Eduard Winslow, and 
the rest, whom they think fit to acquaint therewith (1624). — In : 
Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society for 1799. 
Vol. Ill p. 27 s. q. 



1624-1690. 

Amerika. 

Aveniae, vulgo Auesnes, insigne Hannoniae Opp : ad hostiles pro- 
pulsandos conatus, munitiss. fol. Kopergr. 

Plan of Avesnes, the birthplace of Jesse de Forest. 
Prospect of Avesnes. 4°. Engraving. 

Gerechtsdagboeck van publieke zaken A. in dato 27 Augustus 
1622 (vergunning aan Jesse de Forest om Waalsche Kolonis- 
ten aan te werven). 

Register of State affairs A. fol. 123 August 1622 (authorisation 

given to Jesse de Forest for enrolling Walloon Colonists dated 

Aug. 27, 1622. 

Gerechtsdagboeck in dato 4 Januari 1624 (vergunning aan Gerard 

de Forest om zijn broeder Jesse „laatstelijk naar West- Indie 

vertrokken" als verver in coleuren te vervangen). 

Register of common affairs L. fol. 52 (permission granted to 

Gerard de Forest to take the dyer's place of his brother 

Jesse „ gone lately to the West-Indies " dated Jan. 4, 1624. 

Laet, Joa. de. Nieuwe Wereldt ofte Beschrijvinghe van West- 

Indien enz. Met kaerten. Leyden, Is. Elzevier. 1625. fol. 

Laet, Joa. de, The New world or description of the West-Indies, 

etc. With maps. Leyden. Is. Elzevier. 1625. fol. 

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Romeyn Brodhead. Ed.by E. B. O'Callaghan. Vol. I, II. Hol- 
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Vryheden by de Vergad. van de Negenthiene van de Geoctr. 
West-Indische Comp. vergunt aen alien den ghenen, die 



u 

eenighe Colonien in Nieu-Nederlandt sullen planten 

Amsterdam voor Mr. Jz. Brandt . . . 163°. 4°. 
Privileges granted to all settlers in New Netherlands by the 

Assembly of Nineteen of the authorised West India Com- 
pany. Amsterdam for Jlr. Js. Brandt .... 1630. 4°. 
Vertoogb van Nieii-Neder-land. wegbens de gbelegbentbeydt, 
vrucbtbaerbeydt en soberen staet desselfs. (Door Adr. van 
der Douek o. s.) 's Gravenbage 1650. 4°. 

Account of Neiv-Netlierland, its situation, its fertility the miserable 
state there (by Adr. ran der Do nek c. s.) Tlie Hague 1650. 4°. 
Breeden-Raedt aen de Vereeniebde Nederlandsebe Provintien 
Gelreland, Holland. Zeeland, "Wtrecht, Vriesland, Over-Yssel. 
Groeningen. Gemaeekt ende gestelt uyt diverse ware en 
waeracbtige memorien. Door J. A. G. "W. C. Antwerpen, 
F. van Duynen .... 1649. 

Homely Advice to the United Netherland Provinces. Gelreland, 
Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Vriesland, Over Yssel, Groningen, 
made of and composed from diverse true and faithful documents. 
By J. A. G. W. C. Antwerp F. ran Duynen . .' . 1640. 4°. 
Vertoogh van Nieu Nederland, and Breeden Raedt aende 
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printed in 1649-50, relating to tbe administration of affairs 
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Murphy. "W. map. New York. 1S54. 4°. 
Remonstrance of New Netberland. and tbe occurences tbere. 
Adressed to tbe States general of tbe United Netherlands, 
on tbe 28th July, 1649. with Secretary van Tienboven's answer. 
Translated from a copy of tbe orisjinal Duteb Ms. by E. B. 
O'Callagban. Albany, 1856, 4°. 
Bescbrij vingbe van Virginia , Nieuw Nederlandt, Nieuw Engelandt, 
met d'eylanden Bermudes. Berhados en S. Christoffel. M. fig. 
Amsterdam J. Hartgers. 1651. 4°. 

Description of Virginia, New Neilierland, Neic England, and 

the islands of Bermudes, Barbadoes, and St. Christoffel. 

With illustrations, Amsterdam, J. Hartgers. 1651. 4°. 

Donck. Adr. van der. Besebrijvinge van Nieuw-Nederlant (gelijck 

bet tegenwoordigb in staet is) enz. Den lieu druck. Met kaertje. 

Amsteldam. 1656. 4 ? . 

Donck, Adr. ran der, Description of New-Netherland (in its pres- 
ent state) etc. '2d edition, with Map, Amsteldam. 1656. 4 ; . 
*t Verbeerbckte Nederland door d'Herstelde Zee vaart : klaerbjck 
voorgestelt. ontdeckt en aengewesen door manier van 't samen- 
sprekinge. . . . Waar inne sy luyden .... malkander voor- 
bouden : 1. Den slecbten en soberen toestant in Koopbandel 
enz. ... 2. Aenwijsende doorwat middelen dit is te berstellen. 
.... 3. Hoe en op wat manier dese middelen moesten aange- 
vaugen ende uytgevoert warden .... Gedruekt A°. 1659. 4°. 
Netherland glorified by the restauration of commerce : clearly rep- 
resented, discovered and shown by manner of a dialogue. . . . 
In which those persons represent to each other : 1. The deplorable 
and meagre state of commerce, etc. 2. showing by what means 
this is to be restored. ... 3. How and in what manner these 
means must be began and carried out. . . . Printed 1659. 4°. 
Otto Keyens kurtzer Entwurff von Neu-Niederland und Guajana. 
Einander entgegeu gesetzt Umb den Unterscbeid zwiscben 
warmen und kalten Landen berausz zu bringen und zu weisen 
welcbe von bevden am fuErliehsten zu bewobnen am bebende- 



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sten an zu bauen und den besten Nutzen geben niogen. Denen 
Patronen so da Colonien an zn legen gesonnen als auch denen 
Personen und Familien die ihr Vaterland zu vergessen sich bey 
dergleiclien Bevolckerung nach fremden Kiisten und Reicken 
gebrauchen laszen wollen. Aus dem Hollandischen ins Hock- 
teutsche versetzt durch T. R. C. S. C. S. Leipzig. Im Ritzsckis- 
chen Buchladen. 1672. 4°. 

Otto Key en's short sketch of Neiv-Netherland and Guyana com- 
pared together to obtain the difference between warm and cold 
countries and to show which of the two is the most pleasant to 
live in, the most capable of culture and can give the most profit to 
those patrons who think of establishing colonies there, as also for 
those persons and families ivho to forget their country, wish to 
find a similar in foreign lands and regions. Translated from 
Dutch into German by T. B. C. S. C. S. Leipzig, Bitzschischen 
Buchladen, 1672. 4°. 
Kort Verhael van Nieuw-Nederlants Gelegentkeit, Deughden, 
Natuerlijke Voorreckten, eu bijzondere bequaemkeidt ter 
bevolkingk : Mitsgaders eenige Requesten, Vertoogen, Deduc- 
tien, enz. ten dien einden door eenige Liefkebbers ten versckeide 
tijden omtrent 't laetst van 't Jaer 1661. gepresenteert aen 
de . . . . Burgemeesteren dezer Stede, of der zelver .... 
Gecomnritteerde, enz . . . Gedrukt in 't Jaer 1662. 4°. 

Short Account of Neiv Netherlands situation, virtues, natural 
privileges and peculiar fitness for population. Together with 
some requests, representations, deductions, etc. presented for that 
purpose by some amateurs at different times about the end of that 
year 1661, to the . . . Burgomasters of this city or to their depu- 
ties, etc. . . Printed in the year 1662. 
Moulton, J. W., History of tke State of New York. Part II 

(Novum Belgium). New York, 1826. 8°. 
Alpken, D. F. van, Diss. kist. pol. inaug. de Novo Belgio colonia 

quondam nostratium. Lugd. Bat. 1838. 8°. 
Young, Alex., Ckronicles of tke pilgrim fatkers of tke colony of 
Plymoutk from 1602 to 1625. Now first collected from original 
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V (1847). 

Koenen, H. J., Pavonia. Contribution to the history of the for- 
mer Dutch colonies. — In Bijdr. v. vaderl. geschied. V. — The 
colony Pavonia, in New Netherland, was founded by Mich. 
Pauw in 1628. 
Rees, 0. van, Gesckiedenis der Nederlandscke Volkplantingen in 
Noord-Amerika, besckouwd uit ket oogpunt der koloniale poli- 
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Bees, 0. van, History of the dutch colonies in North America, with 
a view to colonial politics. Three lectures, Tiel, 1855. 8°. 
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in Maine. New York, 1857. 8°. 
Bartlett, W. H., De Pelgrim-vaders of Puriteinen, sticklers van 
Nieuw-Engeland. Naar 't Engelsck, met aauteekeningen en 
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Swalue, with pi. Leiden 1859. 8°. 



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Baird, Ch. W., Histoire des refugies Huguenots en Ameriquo. 
Traduit de l'anglais par MM. N. E. Meyer et de Richemond. 
Toulouse 1886. 8°. 
Knickerbocker, [ps. of Wash. Irving.] A history of New- York 
from the beginning of the world to the and of the Dutch 
dynasty. New- York 1809. 2 vol. 8°. 
Riker, J., Harlem (city of New York) its origin and early annals, 

with illustr. and maps. New York. 1881. 8°. 
Conditien die door de Heeren Burgemeesteren der Stadt Amstel- 
redam, volgens 't gemaeckte Accoordt met de West-Indische 
Comp . . . gepresenteert werden aen alle de gene, die als Colo- 
niers na Nieuw-Nederlandt willen vertrecken, etc. Amsterdam, 

J. Banning 1656. 4°. 

Conditions which were offered by the Burgomasters of Amsterdam, to 
all starting as colonists for New Netherlands in accordance with 
the agreement made ivith the West India Company. Amsterdam 
J. Banning 1656. 4°. 

Octroy, van de . . . Staten Generael, aeng. de Colonie op de Wilde 

Kust van America. Onder het beleyt van den Ridder Balthazar 

Gerbier Baron Douvily. Gedruckt in 't Jaer o. H. 1659. 8°. 

Patent by the States General regarding the colony of the Wild 

Coast of America. Under the conduct of Chevalier Balthazar 

Gerbier Baron Douvily. Printed A. D. 1609. 4°. 

Kort en klaer ontwerp, dienehde tot een onderling Accoort, om 
den arbeyd, onrust en moeijelijckheyt, van Alderley-handwercx- 
luyden te verlichten door een onderlinge Compagnie of te Volck- 
planting (onder de protectie vande. . . . Staten Generael. . . en 
bysonder onder het gunstig gesag van de Achtb. Magistraten 
der Stad Amstelredam) aen de Zuytrevier in Nieu-Neder-land 
op te rechten. . . . t'Samen gestelt door Pieter Cornelisz Plock- 
hoy van Zierck-zee .... Amsterdam, Otto Barentsz. Smient. 
Anno 1662. 4°. 
A short and concise plan, intended as a mutual agreement for les- 
sening the labour and difficulty of all kinds of artissans, by a 
common company or colony (under the protection of the States 
General. . . . and specially under the favourable authority of the 
Worthshipful Magistracy of the city of A msterdam) to be founded 
on the South River in New Netherland ; Composed by Pieter 
Cornelisz Plockhoyen of Zierihzee. Amsterdam, Otto Barendz. 
Smient. Anno 1662. 4°. 

Remonstrantie,Van de Bewinthebberen derNederl. West-Indische 
Compagnie, aende d'Heeren Staten Generael over verscheydene 
specien van Tyrannye, ende gewelt, door de Engelsche in 
Nieuw-Nederlant, aen de Onderdanen van haer Hoogh. Mog. 
verrecht, en hoe sy reparatie, ende Justitie versoecken. Schi- 

dam P. Sanders. 1663. pl°. 

Remonstrance of the Governors of the Dutch West-Indian Com- 
pany to the States General, on several instances of tyranny and 
violence, committed by the English in New Netherland on the 
subjects of their H. M.; and how they beg for reparation and 
justice. Schidam P. Sanders. . . 1663. pl°. 

Naeder Klaghend Vertoogh aende . . . Staten Generael, wegens 
de Bewindhebberen vande . . . West-Indische Comp., ter sake 
vande onwettelijcke, ende grouwelijcke proceduren der En- 
gelsche in Nieu-Nederlant, met versoeck van hulp enz . . . Ben- 
effens een Clagh-brief aen de . . . Staten van de Koopluyden te 






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Nantes in Vranckrijck, over . . . 't heffen vande vijftigh stuy- 
vers per vat, etc. . . Nae de Copije, Anno 1664. 8°. 

Further address of complaint to the . . . States General ; on the 
part of the Governors of the . . . W. I. Comp. respecting the 
unlawful and scandalous proceedings of the English in New 
Netherland ivith a petition for help etc. . . Together with a lam- 
entation to the States from the Merchants of Nantes in France 
on the levying of fifty pence a vat etc. From the copy A. D. 
1664. 8°. 
Verdere Aenteyckeninge of Duplyque op seeckere Replyque van 
den Heer George Downing, Extr. Envoye van den Con. van 
Groot Brittagne, jegens de Remarques van de Gedeputeerden 
van de . . . . Staten Generael .... Ingestelt op des selfs inge- 
diende Memorie van den 30 Dec. 1664. 's Gravenhage, Hillebrant 
van Wouw. . . 1666. 4°. 
Verdere Aenteyckeninge of Duplyque op seeckere Replyque van 
den Heer George Downing, Extr. Envoye van den Con. van 
Groot Brittagne, jegens de Remarques van de Gedeputeerden 
van de . . . . Staten Generaal .... Ingestelt op des selfs inge- 
diende Memorie van den 30 Dec. 1664. Nae de Copie van 
Hellebrandt (sic) van Wouw enz. 1666. 4°. 

Further remarks orduplique to a certain replique of Mr. G. Down- 
ing, extra Envoye' from the King of Gr. Brittain, against the 
remarks of the Deputies of the States- General on his memorial 
presented the 20th of Dec. 1664. The Hague. Hill. v. Wouw 
1666. 4°. 
Sommiere- Aenteyckeninge endeDeductie ingestelt bij de Gedeput. 
van de . . . . Staten Generael .... op de lestingediende Memo- 
rie van den Heere G. Downing Extr. Envoye van den Coningh 
van Gr. Britt. (9 Febr.) .... In 's Gravenhage, in de Maent 
Febr. 1665. 4°. 

Summary remarks and deductions made up by the Deputies of the 
States General on the last memorial presented by Mr. G. Down- 
ing, extra Envoye from the King of Gr. Brittain. 9 Febr. . . . 
The Hague . . . Febr. 1665. 4°. 
Remarques succinctes et Deduction f aites par les Deputes des .... 
Estats Generaux .... sur le dernier Memoire du S. G. Douning 

(9 Febr.) A la Haye, au Mois de Feurier 1665. 4°. 

O'Callaghan, E. B., The register of New Netherland, 1626 to 1674. 

Albany, 1865. 8°. 
Bodel Nijenhuis, J. T v Jonas Michaelius, Eerste Predikant der 
Nederduitsche Hervormde gemeente op Manhattans of Nieuw- 
Amsterdam, het later New- York, in Noord-Amerika. — Uit 
Kerkhist. Archief I. 
Bodel Nijenhuis, J. T., Jonas Michaelius, first Minister of the 
dutch Reformed Congregation at New- Amsterdam. — From 
Kerkhist. Archief I. 
First publication of a very interesting letter of J. Michaelius, 
written from New- Amsterdam in 1628 and giving an account of 
his arrival and his first adventures in his new home. 
Murphy, H. C, Jakob Steendam. — Noch vaster. — A memoir of the 
first poet in New-Netherland, with his poems descriptive of the 
Colony. Hague 1861. 8°. 
With portrait of J. Steendam. 
Steendam. J. J. Den Distelvink. Amsterdam 1649 — 50. 3 vol. 
in 1 4°. 

The Thistle- Finch. — Very rare collection of the poems of the First 



18 

Poet of New-Netherland. Steendam was minister of the Protes- 
tant Church in New- Amsterdam and afterwards governor of the 
Orphan-house at Batavia. 

Year Book of the Holland Society of New- York 1886—87. By 
the Secretary (Geo. W. van Siclen). New-York 1887. W. pi. 4°. 

Maaltijd van het Hollandsch Genootschap van New-York. Den 

8en van Louwmaand 1886 . . in het Hotel Brunswick. M. portr. 

(New- York 1886). gr. 8°. 

First Annual Dinner of the Holland Society of Neiv-York. At the 

Brunstvick Hotel on the 8th of January 1886. With portrait 

(New- York 1886). 8°.maj. 

Map annexed to the memorial presented to the States-General of 
the United Provinces, on the 18th of August 1616 by Gerrit 
Jacobsz. Witsen, cum sociis, Directors of New Netherland; 
Copied in fac-simile from the original in the national Archives 
at the Hague ... by E. Spanier. fol Chromolith. 

Map of New Netherland According to the Charters granted by the 
States General, on the Hth October, 1614, and 3d Juni 1621. 
To illustrate Brodhead's History of the State of New York. 

Penteekening van J. C. Wendel naar het oorspronkelijke uit 
Brodhead's Hist, of the State of N. Y. 1863. 
Pendraiving made by J. C. Wendel from the original in Brodheads 
Hist, of the State of N. Y. 

Kaart get.: Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia. (Met karton 
get.: Bermuda majori mole expressa). fol. Kopergr. — Uit J. de 
Laet, Nieuwe wereldt. 2e druk 1630. 
Map entitled: Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia, fol. 
engraving ex J. de Laet, New World. 2d edit. 1630. 

Novi Belgii Noyaeque Angliae nee non partis Virginiae Tabula 
multus in locis emendata per Nicolaum Visscher. Kopergr. — 
Met gezicht op ,, Nieuw Amsterdam op 't Eyland Manhattans. 
Engraving. With a view of „New Amsterdam on the Island 
Manhattans.'''' 

Kaart get.: Nova Belgica sive Nieuw Nederlandt. Kopergr. door 
E. Nieuwenhoff . Met gezicht op Nieuw Amsterdam op 't Eylant 
Manhattans. — Uit v. d. Donck Beschr. v. Nieuw Nederlandt. 2e 
druk 1657. 
Map entitled : Nova Belgica sive Nieuw Nederlandt. Engraved by 
E. Nieuwenhoff. With a view of New Amsterdam on the Island 
of Manhattans. — Ex v. d. Donck Description of New Nether- 
land. 2d edition. 1656. 

Totius Neobelgii nova et accuratissimi tabula. Typis Joachim 
Ottens Amstelodami. — Met gezicht op „ Nieuw-Amsterdam 
,, oclangs Nieuw jorck genaamt, ende hernomen bij de Neder- 
,, landers op den 24 Aug. 1673 eindelijk aan de Engelse weder 
afgestaan." Met allegorisch randwerkwaarschijnlijk gegraveerd 
door Rom. de Hooghe. 

Totius Neobelgii nova et accuratissima tabula, fol. engr. Typis 
Joachim Ottens Amstelodami. — With View of ,, New Amsterdam 
„ formerly called Netv York and retaken by the Dutch Aug. 2Ath 
„ 1673. finally again surrendered to the English " With an 
allegorical border probably engraved by Bom. de Hooghe. 

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. Amstelodami Apud G. Valk et P. 
Schenk. Kopergr. gekleurd. 
Coloured engraving. 



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Nova Anglia, Nowm Belgivm et Virginia. Amstelodanii. Johannes 
Janssonius Excudit. Kopergr. gekleurd. 
Coloured engraving. 

Belgii Novi, Angliae Novae, et partis Virginiae Novissima Delin- 
eatio. Prostant Amstelaedami apud Petrum Schenk et Gerardum 
Valk. (c. 1164—1674), fol. Kopergr. gekleurd. 
fol. Coloured engraving. 

Novi Belgii quod nunc Novi Jorck vocatur, Novae Angliae & 
Partis Virginiae accuratissima et novissima delineatio. fol. 
Kopergr. — Uit Ogilby, America 1671. 
fol. engraving, ex Ogilby, America 1671. 

Batavorum Coloniae, Occident: Indis Septentrionalis Americae 
implantatae. Kopergr. door P. Schenck (1690 a 1710) gekleurd. 
Met geziclit op Nieuw Amsterdam. 
Engraved by P. Schenck (1690 — 1710), coloured. With a view of 
New Amsterdam. 

Recens edita totius Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionalis siti, 
delineatio cura et sumtibus Tob. Conr. Lotteri. Sac. Caes. 
Maj. Geographi August. Vind. fol. Kopergr. gekl. — Met gezicht 
op : Neu Jorck sive Neu Amsterdam. 

With a view of : Neu Jorck sive Neu Amsterdam. 

A new Map of Virginia, Mary-Land and the Improved Parts of 
Pennsylvani & New-Jersey. Sold by Christopher Browne . . . 
London, fol. 

Coloured engraving. 

Kaart van Nieuw-Nederland, naar de kaarten van A. Roggeveen, 

A. Montanus en van de Vereenigde Stateu van America door 

A. Arrow Smith, gevolgd door J. P. Bourge. fol. Kopergr. J. P. 

Bourge del. J. C. Bendorp sculp. 

J. P. Bourge } s Map of New-Netherland from the maps by A. Eog- 

geveen and A. Montanus and from A. Arroiv Smith' 1 s map of the. 

U. S. of A. fol. engraving J. P. Bourge del. J. C. Bendorp sculp. 

Gezicht op Nieuw Amsterdam get.: Novum Amsterodamum. 
Kopergr. — Uit A. Montanus Beschr. v. Amerika 1670 (de 
vroegst afgebeelde toestand) — In Ogilby America 1671 komt 
hetzelfde prentje voor. 

View of New Amsterdam entitled : Novum Amsterodanum. En- 
graving ex A. Montanus Beschr. v. Amerika 1670. — The oldest 
map known. — In Ogilby 's America 1671 we find the same map. 

Gezicht op Nieuw Amsterdam get.: Nieu Amsterdam, een stede- 
ken in Noord Amerikaes Nieu Hollant, op het eilant Mankattan 
(sic.) : namaels Nieu jork genaemt, toen het geraekte in 't gebiet 
der Engelschen. — Amstelodamum recens, postea Anglis illud 
possidentibus dictum Eboracum novum, Hollandiae novae, id 
est Americae Mexicanae sive Septentrionalis oppidulum. Pet. 
Schenk. Amsteld. Kopergr. — Uit P. Schenk, Hecatompolis etc. 
1702. 
Prospect of Neio Amsterdam entitled : New Amsterdam, a small 
town in North America's New Holland, on the isle of Mankat- 
tan (sic), called New Jork after having been taken possession of 
by the English. — Amstelodamum recens, postea Anglis illud 
possidentibus dictum Eboracum Novum, Hollandiae novae, id 
est Americae Mexicanae sive septentrionalis oppidulum. Pet. 
Schenk. Amstelod. — Engraving ex P. Schenk. Hecatompolis 
etc. 1702. 



Appendix. 



JESSE DE FOREST, 

FOUNDER OF NEW AMSTERDAM. 



Jesse De Forest was born, probably between 1570 and 
1580, at Avesnes, in Hainault, from Jean De Forest and 
Anne Maillard. His family evidently occupied a rather 
high social position ; lack of documents renders it impos- 
sible to trace back its history till a questionable connection 
with the Sires De Forest, who had their castle near Le Cha- 
teau en Cambresis. But in the beginning of the XVIth 
century members of it were aldermen and jures of Avesnes 
and one of them married the daughter of the bailiff of the 
town. The parents of Jesse left Avesnes to escape religious 
persecution or from some other motive ; they arrived at Ley- 
den from Bergen op Zoom in 1603, but remained there only 
for a year and a half. In the last of 1604 they settled at 
Amsterdam. Their son Gerard returned to Leyden in 1605 
and lived in that place as a dyer till his death in 1654. 

Jesse did not accompany his parents to Holland. In 1601 
he married, at Sedan, Marie du Clou ; he is called in records 
of that time either a merchant or a dyer. In December, 
1608, he was still living near Sedan ; in February, 1615, one 
of his children was baptised at Leyden. Here he made his 
schemes of emigration, which he tried to realize in 1621. In 
July of that year he applied to the ambassador of England 
at the Hague, Sir Dudley Carleton; in the name of 56 
Walloon families at Leyden, who wished to go to Virginia, 



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and asked the permission and the assistance of the king of 
England. Dr. Baird in his history of the Hugnenot ref- 
ugees in America gives the address in extenso, with the 
names of the subscribers. The English government was 
very willing to permit the settlement in Virginia, but re- 
fused to give any assistance, and thus rendered the project 
impracticable. In 1622 Jesse sent a petition to the States 
General of the United Provinces ; he speaks in it for himself 
and asks to be allowed to enroll Walloon families for emi- 
gration to the West Indies, as America was commonly 
called in that time. The permission was granted, a ship 
was equipped, and in March, 1623, the "New Netherland" left 
Holland with thirty Walloon families aboard. In May the 
mouth of the river Hudson was reached and the Dutch flag 
hoisted on the Isle of Manhattan. A Dutch sailor had 
passed a winter there and sometimes Dutch vessels had 
taken in fresh water. But the permanent occupation of 
the emplacement of New York dates from the arrival of 
the "New Netherland." In May, 1623, New Amsterdam was 
founded by one division of the colonists whilst another went 
on further and built the fort Orange, the origin of the 
present Albany. 

The names of these pioneers are not known, but there is 
no doubt that Jesse De Forest was one of them, nay, occu- 
pied a first place amongst them. It was he who had written 
the address to England, and who was their advocate before 
the ambassador ; he had organized the whole expedition as 
we see from his petition to the States ; he was the leader as 
matter of course. Yet there has been discussion about his 
going to Manhattan. After his departure, his brother 
Gerard asked the burgomasters of Leyden the authorization 
to replace as a dyer his brother Jesse, lately gone to the 
West Indies. The authorization was given the 4th of Janu- 
ary, 1624. This fact has been a source of confusion. The 
21st and 22d of December, 1623, a naval expedition had 
sailed from Holland to Brazil in order to conquer this 
country. Mr. Riker in his History of Harlem (City of New 
York), 1881, thinks that the word lately must mean the ex- 
pedition that started in December rather than that of March, 
eight months past. Mr. Baird in his above named work is 
not convinced by this reasoning, but has no other argument 
than the improbability of Jesse's not going with the colo- 
nists he had enrolled himself. 



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Luckily there is no doubt at all. The mistake is this, 
that only the date of the authorization is noticed ; the peti- 
tion was sent for advice to the guild the 21st of December; 
the word lately was written before that date, and so before 
the Brazilian expedition. There had been at that moment 
no other voyage to the West Indies lately than that of the 
"New Netherland" and we may be sure that Jesse De Forest 
belonged to it. If so, the fact that he prepared and organ- 
ized the Walloon colonization of 1623 gives him a right to 
be called the founder of New Amsterdam. 

Ch. M. DOZY. 



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think me conceited when I add that we had not expected it 
otherwise. Now that yon have come from over the ocean 
in order to visit the land of your ancestors, you could not 
pass Leiden unnoticed. You are no strangers here, although 
you see our town for the first time in your lives. You all 
know Leiden and are familiar with the place it occupies in 
the history of the Netherlands. 

" Our annual celebration of the Third of October has been 
one of the moving causes which awakened your interest in 
this part of the country and decided you to honor it with 
your visit. The glory of our University, dating from the 
time when your ancestors lived in this country, is dear to 
you as well as to every Hollander. But this is not all. The 
town you esteem as a seat of learning, and because of the 
courage of its citizens, is also a sacred spot for every inhabi- 
tant of your present fatherland. 

" The Pilgrim Fathers enjoyed our hospitality and John 
Robinson's grave is situated within our city limits. That, 
therefore, which you represent in your persons, is closely 
related to this ancient town ; that is to say, New Netherlands 
and New England remember the soil which you still respect 
even when you do not regret its possession, while we do not 
wish to be behind you in admiration for the new empire. 

" Ladies and Gentlemen : We appreciate your presence in 
our midst higher still because we felt that we could rely 
upon your coming here. Your time is precious, and I shall 
not rob you of much of it b; a long speech. Allow me to 
say this, only, that from the bottom of my heart comes the 
wish that among the recollections you will carry homeward 
with you, the reminiscence of this day, spent in Leiden, may 
occupy a not unworthy place." 

"While the wine of honor was being served, Mr. Geo. W. 
Van Siclen was the spokesman of all in thanking for the 
cordial reception met with from the government of a city 
where many of their forefathers had resided or had found 
a shelter and refuge ; a city also world renowned and well 
known to them for its scientific eminence. Mr. Van Siclen 
thereupon introduced the Rev. Dr. J. H. Suydam, who 
delivered an oration. 

In the mean time the crowd in front of the Stadhuis had 
dispersed, also the band, which was replaced by the play- 
ing of the chimes. The American brethren, all wearing an 

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orange badge and " geuzenpenning," viewed with interest 
some of the other rooms in the City Hall, and then went in 
groups to the historical Burg, which excited general interest 
for its appearance, the recollections surrounding it, and the 
fine view to be had of the town and its vicinity. Escorted 
by their guides a walk was taken through the city, the 
visitors being divided in sections, especially along the 
Nieuwstraat, Hooglandsche, Kerkgracht, Haarlemmer- 
straat and Mare. Meeting again in the Lakenhal, the 
exhibition awaited them of everything relating to the 
ancestors of our present guests. Dr. W. Pleyte, Conser- 
vator of the Municipal Museum, greeted them on the piazza 
in a speech, which has been printed in the preface of the 
catalogue of the collection, of which booklet charming 
ladies presented a copy to each of the guests with a pretty 
souvenir of their visit to Leiden, in the shape of a little map 
representing Leiden in 1888, and New Amsterdam shortly 
after its foundation. Thereupon they went to the next house, 
where this collection was exhibited, and many a word of 
praise was bestowed upon Dr.W. Pleyte the projector of it. 
It is indeed a collection well worthy the examination of his- 
torians and others. It embraces objects from 300 years 
back and ends with a photograph of Mr. Geo. W. Van Siclen, 
the leader of our present visitors. The histories of past and 
present are here combined. 

The next step was to the famous Leiden University, 
where the Senate Chamber and its splendid chimney, with 
numerous coats of arms, and the portrait gallery of cele- 
brated professors, who shed glory upon the University, 
transformed the interest into admiration. Tired as the 
visitors were, they were loath to leave this solemn, sacred 
spot, so rich in reminiscences. The large auditorium also 
attracted much attention. About the time, half -past one, that 
the foreigners were due at the Van der "Werff Park a large 
crowd had collected there around the monument, the steps 
of which were several times ascended; not only Van der 
Werff' s statue itself but also the representations on the 
pedestal relating to the siege and relief of Leiden were care- 
fully inspected. Long they tarried here, in small groups, 
and it was long after the hour set for the dejeuner when 
all were assembled in the Maison Wijtenburg. In the large 
hall, in the midst of cheerful conversation, seated at small 
tables, and under the sounds of the music of the infantry 



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regiment, commencing with the American national air, and 
continuing with "Piet Hein," the menu was discussed, 
which read: 

BOUILLON. 

SMALL PATTIES. 

"HUTSPOT." 

ROAST BEEF SANDWICHES. 

HERRING AND WHITEBREAD. 

DESSERT. 

First, Mr. Brouwer had, in a few words, wished them a 
good appetite, whereupon Mr. Van Siclen quoted, in Dutch, 
the old saying : " Eet wat gaer is, drink wat klaer is, 
spreech wat waer is," after which, amid cheers, the dejeuner 
began. During the repast Mr. Brouwer spoke again, this 
time in Dutch : 

" Ladies and Gentlemen," he said, " I feel the need of say- 
ing a few words in the name of the Third of October Asso- 
ciation. I might commence with the words of Uriah Heep, 
one of Charles Dickens's creations, and say ' I am so very 
humble.' Yes, Leiden is a 'very humble' city. It is no 
Amsterdam or Rotterdam, and when these large cities pre- 
cede us in a splendid reception to our trans- Atlantic breth- 
ren and sisters, Leiden takes a back seat in all humility. 
But when it comes to keeping alive the recollection of the 
glorious deeds of the forefathers; to strengthening the ties 
of fraternity ; to showing that we feel that we are one in 
origin, one in principles, one in purpose ; to proving how 
dear we hold our brethren and sisters, when it comes to 
that, Leiden does not intend to be behind. Then we do our 
very best, then we practise the old motto, ' In union there is 
strength,' and we plant a young shoot, saying to ourselves, 
' At last the shoot becomes a tree.' 

"With that conviction our forefathers waged the war 
against despotism and slavery of conscience, and they held 
their own till they knew themselves safe in the shade of 
that tree. The tree of liberty has blossomed anew. Has 
not your great historian, Motley, pointed out that the rebel- 
lion of the North American colonies against England found 
its prototype in our revolt against Spain f And the mother 



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has not forgotten her offspring. Although the vast ocean 
separated her from her children, her example was an admo- 
nition to hold aloft the banner of freedom. Your sprout 
too became a tree, which excites our admiration, as the 
United States of North America. But as true children 
you, sons and daughters of the North American Republic, 
have not forgotten your mother. You have had the feel- 
ing of brothers and sisters of one family, and by means of 
the foundation of The Holland Society you have revived the 
feeling of consanguinity. You have been attracted towards 
the land of your fathers, and you have joined our Leiden 
Third of October Association, which wishes to keep green 
the memory of our great ancestors. Accept our thanks for 
these proofs of fraternal feeling. Ladies and gentlemen, I 
wish to drink to The Holland Society of New- York, the shoot 
which will become a tree ; to the American Republic, the 
shoot which has become a tree ; to the love for political and 
religious liberty, the tree that never withers but always pro- 
duces new shoots, which become trees in their turn. 

" Ladies and gentlemen. 

" The HoUand Society of New- York. 

"The great American Republic. 

" Liberty above all. 

" ' A thing of beauty is a joy forever.' " 

These words were cheered to the echo, and the toast drank 
in foaming beakers. 

Mr. Van Siclen drank to the growth of the Third of 
October Association, which now regaled her guests with 
hutspot, which, he was forced to confess, tasted excellently. 
Leiden knows how to treat her guests, Leiden, the source of 
liberty. 

The time had now come to continue the trip, fortified 
and refreshed. The last visit was to the club "Musis 
Sacrum," the entrance of which bore the legend " Homage 
to our American brethren" ; the garden and hall were orna- 
mented with Dutch, Orange, and American flags and pen- 
nants, which floated in the strong breeze. The members of 
" Musis," and their ladies, were present in large numbers. 
The staff of the National Guard had again offered its band 
of music to the Third of October Association Committee. 
On the veranda seats had been reserved for the guests. 



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While the American national air was being played they 
took their seats and the champagne was served. 

Shortly afterwards Mr. J. J. van Masijk Huyser Van 
Eeenen greeted the friends from the far West with a triple 
welcome to this spot devoted to social intercourse within the 
walls of Leiden, which occupies, as does the whole country, 
such glorious pages in history. No matter what differences 
exist in religious and political matters, when it comes to 
receiving strangers, all are united, especially when it con- 
cerns guests on whose breasts Orange is seen and in whose 
hearts love for Orange is felt. Mutual friendship is there ; 
it is now fortified by a cordial glass and a heartfelt hand- 
shake. The speaker hoped that the American brethren 
might carry with them the pleasantest of recollections of their 
brief stay, as to the old Dutch hospitality. That this would 
be the case was evident from the cheers evoked by this 
speech, whereupon one of the members of the Leiden Corps 
of Students, Chevalier A. Roell, in the name also of a few 
friends and as a token of their respect for the Hollando- 
Americans, offered to one of the lady guests a small silken 
American flag, with satin orange ribbons, mounted on a 
bamboo stick with ivory knob. 

This courtesy caused an explosion ; the guests commenced 
to sing a song composed on the way over ; the cordial affec- 
tionate feeling increased ; the music was accompanied when 
playing the national airs and the Io vivat, till the hour of 
departing came, only too soon, for the visit had only been 
brief. 

The gentlemen and ladies, the latter with a fresh supply 
of bouquets which had been offered them on arriving, 
again entered the carriages which were to take them to the 
station. On the way the guests were again treated at the 
Minerva Club, this time to pure gin (or " oude klare "). The 
idea for this treat, and for that of the morning, originated 
with Chevalier Rudolph Six. 

This delay came near causing them to be too late, and 
before all had alighted, the 4 : 37 train, which was to carry 
them back to Amsterdam, had arrived. Notwithstanding the 
large crowd and the great excitement, the measures taken 
by Mr. de Bruyn, the stationm aster, and by the police, 
insured the most perfect order. With many handshakings 
and words of thanks the train was reached. All great praise 
was given the committee of the Third of October" Associa- 



86 

tion for the splendid manner in which it had fulfilled its 
task. 

When the train commenced to move, the departing 
guests, upon the initiative of Mr. Van Siclen, raised the 
cries: "Long live Leiden University!" "Long live the 
Third of October Association ! " in Dutch, which, of course, 
was loudly applauded and caused great enthusisam among 
those on the platform. 



Makken and Hoorn. 

ON Tuesday, August 14, we were the guests of the 
City of Amsterdam for an excursion to the island 
of Marken and the old City of Hoorn. The steamer 
"William III." had been prepared for us, and on 
board, ready to receive us, were the burgomaster, 
some of the aldermen, the committee, and the high 
sheriff of Amsterdam, Count Westenberg, with 
many ladies of their families. The start was made 
in good time from the De Ruyter Kade, and the 
day was beautiful. As we left the harbor, the 
weeping tower, so beautifully described by De 
Amicis, was pointed out to us. We soon passed 
through the locks separating the harbor from the 
Zuider Zee, and after a sail of about two hours 
we arrived at the entrance of the harbor of Marken. 
Here we were obliged to take two smaller boats as 
our steamer was of too deep a draught to enter the 
harbor. As we approached the entrance nothing was 
to be seen but a long row of high piles ; turning the 
point, however, and entering the little haven we dis- 
covered all the children of the island gathered at the 
end of the dock to give us a song of welcome. We 
quickly disembarked and were received by the burgo- 
master. We made a tour of inspection of the quaint 



87 

houses, the little church, aud the old museum, and 
were impressed by the quaintness and simplicity of 
everything on the island. We seemed to have been 
suddenly taken back some two hundred years or 
more to the primitive days. Those of our party who 
spoke the Dutch of the Mohawk and the Hudson, 
here found a tongue like their own. The costumes 
of the women and children were most picturesque, 
and impressed us greatly. As nearly as the historian 
can describe this costume, it is as follows : A cap 
fitting closely around the head and inclosing all the 
hair, except a curl on each side, is a distinctive fea- 
ture. The body of the dress is a red and white 
striped cotton waist, over this an embroidered 
sleeveless bodice, while around the body is bound a 
broad cotton belt. The petticoats are thick and 
always number two, sometimes of different colors, 
with an apron tied behind with double tapes. The 
stockings are woolen, and all wear klompes. All the 
women have yellow hair and blue eyes. The young 
children up to the age of seven are dressed alike, ex- 
cept that the boys, to distinguish their sex, have a 
little circular disk sewed at the apex of the cap. 
After the boy is seven years old, he is dressed in a 
jacket and knee-breeches of most enormous ampli- 
tude. The men wear the same costume as the older 
boys, except that their hats are old-fashioned beavers 
of a type that was probably worn 300 years ago. The 
few men we saw were of an advanced age, as the 
active male population of the island go off fishing on 
Monday morning, not returning until Saturday night. 
The houses are built on piers and arranged in rows ; 
little paths, raised high above the meadows, connect 
the various groups of houses, as these meadows in 



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the wet season are covered with water. The houses 
are small, some of them two stories in height, and 
are most quaintly arranged and decorated with treas- 
ures in pottery and furniture which have come down 
through many generations. The old women brought 
out from their lockers their embroidered bodices, the 
heirlooms of many years, and showed them with 
great pride. Our pictoriographer made several suc- 
cessful pictures which are among the most interesting 
of the expedition, but more than one mother refused 
to have her child's picture taken, fearing that some 
harm might come to it from the deadly instru- 
ment. The inhabitants received us with wonder, and 
some of them were heard to exclaim, " Why, they are 
white ! " We visited these points of interest under 
the guidance of the burgomaster, Mr. De Groot. 
Many of the party thoroughly enjoyed the scrambles 
by the children for the small coin thrown in the air ; 
the children, finding it an occasion of equal pleasure, 
seemed loath to have us leave. 

In due time we embarked on the tugs and were 
transferred to our steamer. On our way to Hoorn a 
bountiful luncheon was spread upon the deck of the 
steamer, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Songs 
and toasts prolonged the repast until Hoorn was in 
sight. As we approached the city we could see an 
enormous crowd filling the piers, and heard the band 
of the National Guard playing our American national 
airs. All Hoorn was covered with flags. We landed 
at the water gate, and preceded by the band and by 
the chief of police, Heer Terpstra, marched in pro- 
cession through the enthusiastic crowd to the Town 
Hall. Here Baron K. W. Van Dedem, the burgo- 
master, gave us a most excellent address of welcome 









den leflen van de .HOLLAND SOCIETY" van New-Tort, 

bij hun bezoek te HOORN, 

op DINSDAG 14 AUGUSTUS 1888, 

door de Vereeniging „SAPPHO" te Hoorn. 



-^-»,. VfcJJi'^iSr-VoS— 



Het Nedei\landsche Volkslied, 

Wien Neerlandsch bleed in de aders vloeit, 

Van vreenide smetten vrij, 
Wiens hart voor land en koning gloeit, 

Verheff ' den zang lis wij : 
Hij stelF met ons, vereend van zin, 

Met onbeklemde borst, 
Het godgevallig feestlied in 

Voor vaderland en vor 

Bescberm, o God ! bewaak den 

> /aarop ouze adem gaat ; 
De plek, waar onze Avieg op stond, 

Waar eens ons graf op staat. 
v\i ij srneeken van uw vaderhand, 

Met ditp geroerde borst, 
Behoud voor 't lieve vaderland, 

Voor vaderland en vorst. 

Bring' Inid, van uit ons feestgedruis 

Die bee uw hemel in : 
Bewaar den vorst, uewaar zijn huis 

En ons, zijn huisgezin. 
Doe nog ons laatst, ons jongst gezaug, 

Dien eigen wensch gestand : 
lievraar, o God! den koning lang 

En 't iieve vaderland. 
H. Tollens. Muziek van J. W. Wilms. 

Druk van P. Geerts, Hoorn. 



89 

in English. He is a distinguished looking man, a 
member of the Upper House, and created a most 
favorable impression on all the visitors. In his ad- 
dress he gave a brief sketch of Hoorn's greatness 
in past centuries, and of the part the city took in 
the history of Holland. He acknowledged that the 
city of Hoorn of the present day was no longer the 
prominent city of which that history speaks, but it 
was far from being a "dead city," as some well- 
known author had wrongly termed it. He drew the 
attention of the guests to the many curiosities the 
city was able to show at the present time, and as- 
sured them that in hospitality Hoorn was never 
behind any other city in the Netherlands, so that 
nothing would be spared to make this brief visit as 
pleasant as possible. 

Mr. Van Siclen, in a few well-chosen words, re- 
turned thanks in the name of the guests for the kind 
reception accorded them. A fine luncheon was 
served. The principal civic authorities were present. 
The glee club of the Sappho Society then sang some 
beautiful songs ; the delightful singing of this Society 
can only be compared to that of the Mendelssohn Grlee 
Club of New- York City ; three couplets of the Dutch 
national hymn were also sung, and were in printed 
form presented to the visitors as a memento of the 
occasion. The Baron then presented to the Society 
an old jewel to be preserved in its archives, and this 
was received in behalf of the Society by the youngest 
visitor. We were afterwards taken to the West 
Frisian Museum, in the building formerly occupied 
by the old tribunals, and inspected the many curiosi- 
ties and antiquities preserved there. Some of the 
party then took carriages, and went off under the 
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guidance of Mr. Van Akerlaken, member of the First 
Chamber, and Mr. A. Keurenaer, engineer of the 
"Water State," to inspect the elaborate system of 
dykes, while the rest of us took a walk through the 
principal streets, being particularly attracted by the 
houses whose fronts were adorned with stone- work 
representing a naval battle. These were erected in 
memory of the defeat of Bossu. "We also were 
greatly interested in the Kermiss then in full vigor 
in the streets of the city; we inspected the booths 
and were much pleased with the puffejes and waffles. 
We went through the old cow gate, and through the 
grounds laid out on the site of the old walls, enjoying 
the beautiful evening and the fine views over the 
waters of this inland sea. At 6.30 we took a special 
train to return to Amsterdam. On our way we passed 
through Zaandam with its 400 windmills. In passing 
over the North Holland canal we were amazed to see 
a large ocean steamer apparently making her way 
through the fields. We were told she was just arriv- 
ing from the East Indies, and on her way to Amster- 
dam. We arrived at our destination about 7.30. In 
the evening we attended, by special invitation, a 
concert at the De Hereeniging Club. We found a 
large building with spacious grounds around it, and 
here was a band stand occupied by an orchestra 
which gave us a most enjoyable programme, which 
is here inserted: 



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SOCIETEIT "DE HEREENIGING." 

Dinsdag, 14 Augustus, 1888. 
concert door de orkest-vereeniging. 
Kapelmeester, de Heer J. F. Wedemeijer. 

PROGRAMMA. 

In den tuin. 

le Deel. 

1. Jubilaums Marsch J. Nesvadba. 

2. Ouverture, " Athalia " F. Mendelssohn. 

3. Largo aus der Grosse Sonate, No. 7, L. Van Beethoven. 

4. Fantaisie sur l'Opera " Le Cheval de Bronze " F. Auber. 

2e Deel. 

5. Ouverture, " Manschaft an Bord " . . . F. Von Suppe. 

6. Fantaisie sur l'Opera " Le Barbier de Seville " G. Rossini. 

7. " Tausend und eine Nacht," Walzer .... J. Strauss. 

8. Fantaisie aus der Operette " Der Bettelstudent " 

Millocker. 

In de Zaal. 
le Deel. 

1. Feest Marsch J. Strauss. 

2. Ouverture, " Die Fingals Hohle " . . F. Mendelssohn. 

3. Reverie, " Adagio " H. Vieuxtemps. 

4. Potpourri sur des Airs Suisses G. Schroder. 

2e Deel. 

5. Ouverture, " Martha " F. von Flotow. 

6. Norturne pour Flute, Violin, et Cor . . . . F. Doppler. 

7. " Wo die Citronen bliih'n," Walzer .... J. Strauss. 

8. Fantaisie sur l'Opera "L'Etoile du Nord" 

G. Meijerbeer. 
Aanvang 8 uur. 



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In these grounds the members with their families 
enjoy the music in the evening air and light refresh- 
ments are served, an example which seems worthy of 
imitation by American clubs. 



DELFT AND THE HAGUE. 

EAKLY in the morning of Wednesday, the 15th 
August, we gathered at the station, being joined 
by our fellow-member, Senator C. P. Vedder of New- 
York, and his friend Senator Geo. Z. Irwin, and at 8.20 
took the train for Delft. The ride was a short one, 
and we were soon at this historic place, great in its 
memorials of the past. Here we were met by the 
Hon. Levyssohn Norman, who most kindly guided 
us in person. We first viewed the statue of Hugo 
G-rotius, the most distinguished of Dutch scholars, 
which was erected here to commemorate the fact 
that Delft was his birthplace. We then proceeded 
to the Nieuwe Kerk and gazed upon the magnificent 
monument erected in 1621 to the memory of William 
of Orange. The historian will not try to describe 
this most elaborate and beautiful piece of work, the 
finest of its kind in Holland, nor will he attempt to 
portray the emotions excited in the breasts of all the 
party as they looked upon the last resting place of 
the greatest man of his time, and one who alone with 
Washington deserves the warmest love and reverence 
of all lovers of liberty and humanity. 

From the Nieuwe Kerk we proceeded to the Oude 
Kerk and saw the monuments of two of the great 
Dutch admirals ; that of Old Tromp, who hoisted the 
broom to his masthead to show that he had swept 



The Holland Society 



OF 



New -York. 



A visit to Delft and 's-Gravenhage 



Wednesday the 45th of August 1888. 



DELFT. 



The Statue of HUGO GROTIUS. 

The New Church. The tomb of William the Silent. 

The Old Church. The tombs of the admirals MAARTEN 

Harpertszoon Tromp and Piet Hein. 
The Prinsenhof, residence of WILLIAM THE SlLENT. 

The staircase on which he was shot the 10th of July, 

1584. 
Gemeenlandshuis of Delfland (front.) 



Per steamtram via 
RIJSWIJK (Peace of 1697) 

TO 

'S-GRAVENHAGE. 

Statue of Spinoza. 

The Great Market place. Prinsengracht. The Townhall 
(16 th century. Front) Gevangenpoort (old State-prison.) 
The De Witts. 

Het Buitenhof (The outer Court.) The statue of King 
William II. 

Het Binnenhof (The inner Court.) The study of Jan DE 
Witt. The Spring in honor of Count WILLIAM II, 
Roman king, founder of 's-Gravenhage. 

The Lower House. 

The Grand Hall (front.) 

Oldenbarneveld. 

The Treves Hall. 

Het Plein. Statue of William the Silent. The 
Houses of Amsterdam and Rotterdam (front). The 
Department of Justice. The new Pottery of 's-Graven- 
hage, „ Rozenburg." 

Het Mauritshuis. (Picture-gallery). Rembrandt's 
Anatomical Lesson. Paul Potter's Steer. 

Korte Vijverberg. The Municipal Museum. Lange Vij- 
verberg. Kneuterdijk. Voorhout. Tournooiveld. 

Luncheon. 

The Theatre (front). 

Het Voorhout. The Royal Library. 



Het Noordeinde. The King's Palace (front.) Equestrian 
statue of William the Silent. 

De Zeestraat. The Panorama of Scheveningen by H. W. 
Mesdag Esq. Reception by the painter himself. 

De Laan van Meerdervoort. The studio and picture- 
gallery of H. W. Mesdag Esq. 

The Monument of 1813. 

The Royal Bazar. 

The Old Road to Scheveningen. 

The house of the painter Mr. C. BlSSCHOP (inside, style 
of the 16 th century). 

Scheveningen. 

The New Road. 

The Wood. 

Het Huis ten Bosch (The Palace in the wood). Built in 
the middle of the 17 th century by AMALIA VAN 
SOLMS, widow of Prince FREDERIC HENRY. The 
famous Orange Hall. 

At 7 o'clock: 
DINNER in the Bellevue Hotel, Bezuidenhout. 

In the evening : 

CONCERT of the Philharmonic Society of Berlin at 
the Kurhaus (Scheveningen, steamtram). 

CONCERT of the Royal Military Band of the „ Regiment 
Grenadiers and Jagers " at the Pavilion in the wood of 
the New or Literary Club. Introduction required. 



Printed by MOUTON & Co. — The Hague. 



93 

the Channel, and that of Piet Hein, who captured the 
Silver Fleet, an exploit even now commemorated in 
the songs of our Society. We noticed with interest 
the beautiful monument of a daughter of Philip Van 
Marnix. From the church we went to the Prinsen- 
hof, the residence of William the Silent, now con- 
verted into a barrack. Here we looked upon the 
stairway where, on the 10th July, 1584, the assassin 
fired the fatal bullets, the marks of which still remain 
upon the wall. From these somewhat sad memorials 
of one of the greatest tragedies of Dutch history, we 
turned with something of relief to the lighter pleas- 
ures of the Capitol. We embarked upon a steam 
tram, gaily decorated with flags and bunting in honor 
of the occasion, and were welcomed by the committee 
from The Hague. Among the gentlemen who thus 
received us were His Excellency Minister Roosevelt, 
the Hon. H. D. Levyssohn Norman, Member of the 
Second Chamber of the States General, Deputy of 
Rotterdam, late Member of the Indian Council at 
Batavia ; Count 0. van Limburg Stirum ; Baron 
van Heeckerentot Walien; Hon. A. A. Vorsterman 
van Oyen ; the celebrated painter Israels ; Jonkheer 
Teding van Berkout; Count van Hogendorp, and 
others. On our way we passed through the sta- 
tion of Ryswyk where was concluded, in 1697, the 
celebrated peace between England, France, Hol- 
land, Germany, and Spain. We arrived at The 
Hague in due season and entered barouches for 
a long drive through the principal parts of the city. 
It would be difficult to note the many points of 
interest which we visited, or to tell of the many 
things we saw. Passing the statue of Spinoza we 
drove through the great market-place and arrived at 



94 

the Town Hall, a most picturesque building of the 
XVIth century. Thence we went to the old city 
prison and viewed with interest the remarkable col- 
lection of the old instruments of torture, and realized 
as never before the vivid descriptions of the terrors 
of the Inquisition, and of the Spanish treatment of 
the unfortunate Netherlander. From thence to the 
Buitenhof (the outer court) to the statue of King 
William II.; thence to the Binnenhof (the inner 
court), and were admitted as a special favor to the 
study of Jan de Witt ; then with a hurried view of 
the old Hall of the Knights we passed to the Cham- 
oers of the States General. We greatly admired the 
beautiful Treves saloon with its elegant decorations. 
From thence we went to the Maurits Huis, erected by 
Prince John Maurice of Nassau, but now containing 
the famous picture gallery of The Hague. Here of 
course we saw the two world-famous pictures, the 
Rembrandt " Lesson in Anatomy " and Paul Potter's 
" Bull " ; we also reveled in the beautiful examples of 
Jan Steen, Gerard Dou, Adrian van Ostade, Adrian 
van de Velde, and the other famous Dutch painters. 
Thence we drove to the beautiful mansion of Levys- 
sohn Norman, the deputy and representative of Rotter- 
dam. The house is a square one, delightfully situated 
near the park, and filled with objects of taste and 
beauty. The entire arrangement and effect struck us 
as very similar to the handsomest houses of our own 
country. Here we were received by the deputy and 
his charming wife, Madame Israels, and a few other 
ladies and gentlemen. We partook of a bountiful 
luncheon, served exquisitely, and among the courses 
were several dishes prepared for their national origin 
and significance. Among them we had the waffles of 



95 

Holland, which are almost identical with the waffles 
of America, though somewhat smaller and sweeter. 
We noted here a custom which seems universal in 
Holland, and which is yet characteristic of that 
country ; at all private houses after meals the ladies 
are offered cologne at the conclusion of the feast. 
After a few moments spent in social intercourse, we 
again entered our carriages and were driven through 
many of the beautiful streets of the city to the Cyclo- 
rama of Scheveningen, where we were received by 
H. W. Mesdag, the distinguished artist, who showed 
us in person this the largest of his many beautiful 
works. Here we spent a very pleasant half hour, 
and from there went to his residence. In this beau- 
tiful mansion we were received by the artist and his 
artist-wife with extreme cordiality, and were amazed 
at the magnificence of the house, filled to overflow- 
ing with works of art and beauty. The entire third 
story is taken up by the studio, and here he has 
gathered some of the best specimens of the great 
modern painters, which with his own works constitute 
an enviable collection. In the rear of the house are 
spacious gardens, beautifully arranged, and altogether 
the visit was a most charming one. From thence we 
drove through the park, and on our way passed the 
imposing national monument built to commemorate 
the restoration of Dutch independence in 1813. One 
part of this monument had a particular interest to us 
from the fact that one of the three leaders of the rising 
of November, 1813, whose statues are grouped on the 
monument, was the grandfather of one of the party 
who acted as our hosts for this day, the Count van 
Limburg Stirum. We paused for a few moments to 
visit a bazaar filled with every possible object to 



96 

attract the tourist, and then stopped at the house 
of Mr. C. Bisschop, another of the distinguished 
artists of whom Holland has every right to be proud. 
"We were received by the courtly and kind old gen- 
tleman and his charming wife with cordiality, and 
made welcome to the house. This was one of the 
most unique pleasures we enjoyed in Holland. The 
house is a reproduction of the style of the XVIth 
century, and is furnished completely with articles of 
that time. Here were quaint furniture, rare books 
(a beautiful old edition of Kats in the place of honor), 
exquisite tapestry, everything to attract and please 
the antiquarian and artist, and we lingered long over 
its many beauties. Our time had passed so rapidly 
that we found evening was approaching and we 
could only drive hurriedly through the beauties of 
Scheveningen, and scarcely caught more thtin a 
glance of this most noted of the seashore resorts of 
Europe, and the most beautiful summer resort in 
Holland. Returning by the new road we drove 
through the celebrated wood where for hundreds of 
years the Counts of Holland pursued their game in 
its recesses. We at length came to the beautiful 
House in the Wood, a royal villa built in the mid 
die of the XVHth century by Amalia van Solms, the 
widow of Prince Frederick Henry. The historian 
again cannot attempt to describe the beauties of this 
place, the favorite retreat of the Kings of Holland, 
and can only say that each room is perfect in itself, 
illustrating either some particular country, or some 
particular epoch, representing gifts to the House of 
Orange from most of the potentates of the world. 
We saw the famous Orange Hall, filled with paint- 
ings by artists of the school of Eubens. The walls 




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are about fifty feet in height, and rich in color. As 
a special favor we were shown the private apart- 
ments of the Queen, and the historian took great 
pleasure in recalling to the matron in charge the 
fact that two years before he had obtained from her 
the same privilege by an exhibition of his certificate 
of membership in The Holland Society and a pathetic 
appeal to her patriotism. Thence, as the sun was 
sinking, we returned to our hotel, the Bellevue, and 
there in the evening invited to dine with us the com- 
mittee who had entertained us during the day, and 
the distinguished artists who had so graciously shown 
us their hospitality. The dinner was somewhat in- 
formal in character, although several speeches were 
made. The most apparent hit of the evening was 
made by Deputy Levyssohn Norman, when he claimed 
that the word " Yankee " came from the Dutch, its 
derivation being " Jantje Man," Jantje meaning kind. 
After dinner we were invited to a concert, at the 
pavilion in the wood belonging to the New or Lite- 
rary Club, by the superb Eoyal Military Band of the 
regiment of Grenadiers and Jagers. Most of the 
members accepted the invitation, and the party were 
given the distinguished courtesy of having the Ameri- 
can national hymn played by the orchestra as the 
party entered the house, the audience standing while 
they did so, this being an honor of the most distin- 
guished kind and generally reserved for royalty alone. 
Some few of us with some of our hosts afterwards 
proceeded to the spacious club-house of the Litteraire 
Societeit on the Plein, where we spent a rather late 
and social hour in conversation and interchange of 
sentiment. Towards the close of the session we were 
rather astonished to see one of our worthy dominies 
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98 

enter. Our good friend only served, however, to 
enliven our discourse and to show that he was deter- 
mined to see all the best of Holland in a spirit that 
could well be emulated by many of his cloth. 



Bkielle, Dordrecht, and Rotterdam. 

EARLY in the morning of Thursday, August 16, 
we left The Hague by rail for Rotterdam, arriving 
at the latter place about 9.30, where we were met 
by the Rotterdam reception committee, Mr. J. V. 
Wierdsma, Jhr. Otto Rewchlin, and Mr. Hendrik P. 
N. Muller, Hzn, " het uitvoerend comitte," and taken 
to the North Island, and embarked on the steamer 
" Merwede." This was kindly offered for the occasion 
by Mr. Sniit, one of the leading firm of shipbuilders, 
who are the grandchildren of the original founder of 
the business. The steamer was a fine one and the sail 
down the Maas very interesting. We were accom- 
panied by the band of the Chasseurs, who added much 
to the pleasure of the occasion. Everywhere all the 
vessels we passed saluted us, and our small cannon 
gave notice of our coming to every point. Our first 
landing was at the old town of Brielle, a place that 
bears the same relation to the great struggle for Dutch 
independence that the little village of Lexington does 
to the American Revolution ; for here it was that the 
water-beggars, by a sudden descent, captured the 
town, April 1, 1572, and afforded a nucleus for the 
first armed resistance to the Spaniards. The city is 
now small and of but little pretense to activity or 
commerce, and it is chiefly interesting for its part in 
the glorious history of the past. As we approached 



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99 

the dock at the end of a long causeway built of earth, 
and with a roadway lined on both sides with trees, 
we found almost the entire population of the place 
awaiting us. Before we landed, copies of the " Week 
Blad," the newspaper of the place, containing a 
special welcome to our Society were placed in our 
hands. This is so quaint, and at the same time so 
hearty in its welcome, that it is here reproduced: 



TO THE MEMBERS OF THE HOLLAND SOCIETY 
OF NEW-YORK. 

The old City of Brielle, pride on the honnour to may 
receive in her walls the noble descendants of the Dutch 
farmers, who settled theirselves two hundred and fifty 
years ago in the far country of North America, brings 
them the most gracefull wellcome. 

In accord to the sublime truth of the proverb of the city- 
weapon " Libertatis Primitiae," she feels allways a sympa- 
thetical attraction to the citizens of a free land and still too 
more if there consists a not forgotten relation of blood be- 
tween them and herself. 

Which the greatest reverence she turns her eyes to the 
land of Washington, Lincoln, Eddison, Parker, Motley, and 
Sheridan and remembers herself thankfull the excellent 
services, proved by this noble democratical people to the 
sake of humanity and science, mercatury and industry, 
egality, freedom, and fraternity. 

She prays also the members of The Holland Society to 
agree the assertainment of this high affection and to beheld 
the remembrance of their old fatherland and the city of 
Brielle, when they would be returned to their good and 
free land. 

As we landed and formed in procession the crowd 
accompanied us on our way. The delight of the 
children in the music could well be appreciated by us 
when we were informed that all the children there 



100 

under the age of twelve years had never before heard 
a band. At first we were objects of wondering in- 
terest, and the remarks of the bystanders were some- 
times amusing, as when one of them was heard to 
exclaim after looking upon the party, "Why, they 
don't wear feathers ! " But soon the curiosity of the 
younger female portion gave way to a warmer feeling, 
and in a short time every member of the party who 
was under fifty years of age, and who was not accom- 
panied by a lady, was surrounded by at least four 
blushing, chattering, demonstrative damsels, who did 
their best to entertain us with flattering remarks in 
various tongues, and who accompanied us to every 
point we went. When shut out by the police they 
waited at the gate until we reappeared, and then took 
up the line of march as before. We first went to the 
old church of St Catharina and hastily inspected the 
tombs and ornaments; then to the Merula Orphan 
House, erected in the year 1553 by Angelus Merula, 
a martyr of the reformation in 1557. This was 
founded as an orphan asylum for the children of 
sailors and is still maintained for the same purpose. 
The orphans wear the quaint costume originally de- 
signed by the founder. Here we had a touching in- 
stance of the care and thought bestowed everywhere 
upon our welcome. When we had all gathered 
within the small hall of the institution, the orphans, 
some twenty in number, were arranged around the 
melodeon, and under the guidance of their vener- 
able director sang the Star Spangled Banner in Eng- 
lish, ending with one verse of the Dutch national 
hymn. From there we went to the general orphan 
asylum called the Greuzengesticht. This is of modern 
construction and is for the orphans of the entire 




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Article 1 (abbreviated). 
It is the aim of the Association 
to provide for Sailors' Orphans, 
and for other helpless ones, so 
far as means and circumstances 
allow it. 



Article 2 (abbreviated). 

The Association is in favor of all 
education given in the Asylum be- 
ing solely and exclusively founded 
upon the Reformed principles. 



DIPLOMA 

FOR 

The Holland Society of New-York 

AS 

HONORARY MEMBER 

of the Association for the Receiving of and Providing for 
Orphans and Helpless Ones in the 

National Geuzen Asylum " Wilhelmus van Nassauer" 
at Brielle. 



Erected on April 1, 1872, as a Monument to the deliverance 
out of the hands of the Spaniards. A gift from the Benevolent 
Nation, and sustained till now by the Benevolent Nation. 

AWARDED 

on the occasion of the visit paid to the Asylum by the 

Members. 



Brielle, August 16, 1888. 



(w.s.) J. Vermeulen, 

President of the Board of Regents. 



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community. Here the children sang for us an original 
ode of welcome prepared for the occasion, which is 
here inserted: 



Welkomsigroet aan onze AmeriJcaansche Stamverwanten, Leden 
der "Holland Society" Bij hun bezoeh aan het geuzenge- 
stight. "Wilhelmus van Nassanen" te Brielle. 

Hun welmeenend toegezongen door de in die Stichting 
verpleegd wordende Weezen en arme Verlatenen. 

(Melodie : " Wilhelmuus van Nassauen.") 

Weest welkom, Stamgenooten 

Van't Volk, dat door Gods hand 
Zoo ruim is beweldadigd : 

Het volk van Nederland. 
Weest welkom in het Weeshuis, 

Dat mag ten teeken staan 
Van's Heeren zoo doorluchte 

En groote wonderdaan. 

Weest welkom, roepen w'allen 

Uit eenen mond U toe ; 
Dat God Zijn vriendlijk aanschijn 

Voor U steeds lichten doe, 
Dat boven wensch en bede 

't U en de Uwen ga ; 
En G' onzer moogt gedenken 

Ook in Amerika. 

Ons : arme ouderloozen 

En kindren, aan den dijk 
Verlaten eenmaal staande, 

Verhoogd dus uit het slijk. 
Ons, voor wie God de Heere 

Een plaats hier heft bereid, 
Alwaar we moeten leven 

Van de liefdadigheid. 

Brielle, 16 Augustus, 1888. P. J. B. 

Here one of our party found a very sweet-looking 
orphan of the same name as his own, and the little 



102 

girl was made happy by a large sized gold coin with 
which to remember her namesake from America. 
Time was passing and we were compelled to form 
our line and proceed to the steamer. We were accom- 
panied on our way by our escort of damsels, and 
although sorry to part from them were forced to 
bid them farewell at the gang-plank of the steamer. 
After we left Brielle, we proceeded up the south 
branch of the Maas to Dordrecht. Between Brielle 
and Dordrecht an elegant luncheon was served in the 
saloon of the steamer. The menu cards were beauti- 
fully gotten up, and each one contained in colors a 
figure from one of the striking paintings of Franz 
Hals. The menu is here inserted to give some slight 
idea of the good things which we had in Holland. 



HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW-YORK. 



TWEEDE ONTBIJT. ROTTERDAM, 16 AUGUSTUS, 1888. 



Vleeschnat. 

Geroerde Eieren met Truf- 
fels. 

Gebakken Tong met Col- 
bert Saus. 

Gesneden Ossenhaas met 
geroosterd Brood. 

Gebraden Hoenders. 

Gestoofde Vruchten. 

Sla met Ei. 

Maarschalkpodding. 

Vruchten. 

Nagerecht. 



Wijnen. 

Oude Marsala. 

Bleeke Sherry. 

St. Julien. 

Champagne Mumm Extra 

Dry. 
Champagne Louis Roederer. 



We were pleased to recognize in the attendants the 
stewards from the steamer "Amsterdam," and it seemed 



103 

like old times to be greeted by their familiar voices, 
and to receive their cheerful services. In due time 
we reached Dordrecht, about 3.30 in the afternoon. 
On the dock carriages were waiting and we took a 
rapid drive around the city. Here, as everywhere 
else, the entire populace turned out to do us honor, 
and the streets were gaily decorated. We drove to 
the Grroote Kerk, an immense Gothic edifice of 
the XlVth century. Here we admired the brass 
screen, the marble pulpit, and the fine old oaken 
carved work of the choir stalls, the most important 
work of the kind in Holland. We were shown with 
pride the gold and silver communion service. In the 
church we were welcomed by Mr. H. Hoyer in behalf 
of the people of Dordrecht. 

He welcomed the visitors most heartily, and ex- 
pressed regret, in the name of the people of Dor- 
drecht, that the shortness of their visit to that city 
would not enable him to show them more of the at- 
tractions of the place ; but, remembering the words 
of the American poet, Longfellow, that our life must 
consist of deeds, it was truly a fact that the American 
visitors made use of every minute at their disposal 
to take personal notice of and to observe everything 
of interest they met with on their way. 

Het Nieuws van den Dag, of Saturday, August 
18, 1888, quoted as follows : 

Referring to the great and general kindness shown to 
the tourists on their trip, and which was in smaller 
localities more remarkable even than in the great capital, 
Amsterdam, the Nieuwe Eotterdamsche Courant remarks 
as follows : " Here again, [at Dordrecht], many people 
were in the streets, and the visitors while driving past 
were freely saluted by the waving of hats, hands, and 
handkerchiefs. The masses were entirely conscious of 



104 

what was meant by this train of open carriages, filled 
with tourists. Somehow it had penetrated the minds of 
the multitude that from far over the sea strange men and 
women had come to visit the land of their forefathers. That 
these strangers all, without exception, wore orange badges 
did the rest. That wearing of orange caught the popular 
fancy. It caused many hands, rough as well as gloved ones, 
to touch the hats. Our people are generally not so quick 
at saluting people in open carriages." 

When we left Dordrecht it was raining, the only 
shower we had during our stay in Holland. This 
did not last long, and we soon had an opportunity to 
view on both sides of the river the enormous ship- 
building establishments, lining both banks for miles, 
and we were impressed with their extent. "We were 
told by Mr. Smit that the preceding year they had 
built quite a number of small iron vessels for Eng- 
land, and that the entire commercial navy of Holland 
was being rapidly changed from wood to iron. 

We reached Rotterdam about six in the evening, 
and drove in open carriages along the famous Boomp- 
jes, and through many of the fine streets to the Zoo- 
logical Gardens. Although our time was so short, 
we were convinced of the commercial importance of 
Rotterdam, and of the wealth and taste of its citizens 
as shown in their- houses and gardens. The Zoo, 
although not so large nor so important a collection 
as the one at Amsterdam, is still of much interest. 
The large building in the gardens is a fine edifice. 
Here in the reception-room we were presented to the 
burgomaster and other dignitaries, and shortly after 
were escorted to the dining-room, a large room beauti- 
fully decorated. Here the most elaborate banquet 
given us while in Holland was served. A fine 
orchestra hidden behind a bank of flowers played 



105 

between the courses, and the entertainment was in 
every way a delightful one. The menu is here pre- 
sented : 

MAALTIJD 

ter eere der holland society of new- york. 
Rotterdam, 16 Augustus, 1888. 



Spijslijst. 

Konin ginn esoep. 

Gehakt Kippenvleesch in 

Korst. 
Zalm met Hollandsche Saus. 
Ossenhaas met Groenten. 
Kalfslappen, Pompadour- 

stijl. 
Kippeupastei, Toulousestijl. 
Kalfszwezerik. 
Artisjokken met Saus. 
Gebraden Snippen. 
Gestoofde Vruchten. 
Versehe Kreeft. 

Sla. 
Maria Theresia Podding. 

Ijs. 

Vruchten. 
Nagerecht. 



Wijnen. 

Bleeke Sherry. 
Sauternes Wijn. 
Chateau de Cantemerle, 1877. 
Marquis de Terme Margaux, 

1878. 
Bourgogne Chambertin. 
Rudesheimer Berg, 1857. 
Champagne Mumm Extra 

Dry. 
Champagne Louis Roederer. 



One striking feature of the repast was the fish 
course. When the time had arrived, the head waiter 
entered bearing on uplifted arms an enormous platter 
whereon lay in royal splendor a forty-pound Dutch 
salmon, beautifully decorated. This was carried in 
a sort of triumphant procession up and down the 
length of the tables, and then served, to the delight 
of the guests. There was one departure from the 
14 



106 

usual course of procedure, made necessary by the 
fact that we were to take a special train at 11, and it 
was feared that time would not allow proper atten- 
tion being given to the toasts. Hence the first toast 
was introduced after the first course, and this was 
followed until the end of the dinner. The historian 
cannot attempt to give more than a summary of 
some of the principal speeches. 

The Burgomaster was the first one who held up his 
glass as a toast to the welfare of His Majesty the 
King of the Netherlands, coupled with the President 
of the United States. He was followed by a toast 
from Mr. J. Visser, Vice-Consul of the United States, 
who spoke as follows : 

When claiming the honor to answer the honorable 
burgomeester, I do so in my official quality as vice- 
consul of the United States, and must in the first 
place thank the honorable speaker for his toast in 
favor of the President of the United States. I am 
only sorry that this task I fulfil in consequence of 
the United States minister, Mr. Roosevelt, being 
absent, which absence his Excellency has been com- 
pelled to by personal matters, and which he very 
much regrets as well as no doubt we all do, but 
nevertheless, ladies and gentlemen, his Excellency 
authorized me and requested me, in answering the 
kind words of the burgomeester of Rotterdam, to add 
in name of his Excellency a frank expression of the 
strong friendliness of feeling which exists in the 
United States towards the Netherlands. 

His Excellency wished to have declared that there 
are still residing in America many persons of Dutch 
descent, especially is this the case in the neighbor- 
hood of New- York, who cherish the memory and 
traditions of their ancestors with warmth and sincere 
appreciation. 



107 

His Excellency further states that it is due to 
these citizens, a portion of whom are here on a visit 
to the land of their ancestors, that America has 
throughout its length and breadth come of late to 
a proper understanding of the great obligations it 
owes to Holland. The late Governor Seymour, one 
of the most distinguished of public citizens, published 
a pamphlet showing that without the sturdy honesty 
of the Dutch character and its fairness of treatment 
of the Indian tribes the American Republic would 
never have existed. This Governor Seymour also, in 
another production, traced the roots of much of the 
American laws to Dutch origin. The American 
people, his Excellency declares, recognize in free 
schools and free worship an outcropping of the 
teachings of Holland. It was one of the eminent 
American writers who first gave to the English lan- 
guage a true history of the glories and greatness of 
the fatherland. No words, his Excellency says, could 
exaggerate the sincere respect and hearty good-will 
which exist in America towards the country which 
its great-grandchildren are now revisiting with feel- 
ings akin to reverence, and his Excellency is sure all 
will join him in the confident hope that these kindly 
relations will never be disturbed. 

Ladies and gentlemen, I have transmitted this as it 
has been given me to understand by his Excellency, 
Mr. Roosevelt, and, in finishing, I personally do not 
hesitate to invite you all to drink with me the con- 
tinuance of the friendly feelings between the United 
States and the Netherlands, and that this may be 
more and more strengthened by the peaceful develop- 
ment of commercial enterprise in both countries. 

Mr. J. V. Wierdsma, Director of the Netherlands- 
American Steam Navigation Company, responded to 
the toast by paying warm homage to Mr. Roosevelt, 
in whose person he recognized one of the most worthy 
bearers of a Netherlands name in foreign lands, also 



108 

one of the noble founders of The Holland Society, and 
a man whose talent and amiable character give evi- 
dence of his special fitness for representing America 
in Holland. The applause with which these words 
were received proved that the American guests quite 
agreed with the speaker. 

Mr. Martin Mees, a member of the reception com- 
mittee, Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce, 
and President of the Board of Directors of the 
Netherlands-American Steam Navigation Company, 
then addressed them, as follows : 

Honorable Gentlemen : 

I should like, in my double capacity, to express our 
satisfaction that the honorable members of The Hol- 
land Society did us the pleasure of visiting Rotter- 
dam. It is extremely gratifying to observe that the 
descendants of our fellow-countrymen, who left our 
country two centuries ago, wished to see Holland. 
The honorable members of The Holland Society will 
have observed that we are somewhat proud of our 
history. When your ancestors left this country Hol- 
land was at her culminating point ; she was foremost 
in trade and commerce, compared with other coun- 
tries. We remember with pride the time when, after 
an unsuccessful attempt to find a new way to India, 
daring and clever men like Moucheron and others 
induced the East India Company to send Captain 
Hudson with the vessel Half Moon to explore the 
land that was discovered in the West Indies ; when, 
after the discovery of the way round the Cape of 
Good Hope, private merchants brought together 
capital, and did, with great risks, send out vessels 
to trade with the nations in East India. Of course 
a small country like Holland could not long retain 
the command of the sea. It is, moreover, a recog- 
nized fact that riches work frequently enervation; 



109 

and the members of The Holland Society, when pass- 
ing by the fine old houses on the Kaizersgracht and 
Heerengracht at Amsterdam, will have seen the proof 
of the enormous profits made by our ancestors. 
But those fellow-countrymen who did emigrate at 
that time to New Amsterdam did prove that the 
energy of the Dutchman revives at any favorable 
opportunity. We are accustomed to call the United 
States the New World, and a new world it is, with 
its fertile soil, containing within its boundaries 
all climates, producing almost everything that man 
can desire. Planted in that soil the Dutch tree did 
grow in a way that astonished the whole civilized 
world. But in the best soil a sick tree cannot grow. 
What your countrymen, Members of The Holland 
Society, did achieve, not only in commerce and 
manufacturing, but also in science and art, is the 
best proof of the excellent moral and intellectual 
qualities you possess. We are very much obliged 
for your giving us the opportunity to make your 
acquaintance, and to show you our country. 
An old rhyme, attributed to George Canning, says : 

In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch 
Is giving too little and asking too much. 

I trust that you will not have got this impression 
by your visit here. We wish you prosperity in your 
families; we hope and trust that the United States 
will thrive well. Allow me to end with the wishes of 
your poet Longfellow : 

Sail on, O Union, strong and great! * * * 
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee. 

This was followed by a short address from Mr. Van 
Siclen, especially devoted to thanking the committee 
for the hospitality the members of The Holland So- 
ciety had received in the Fatherland. It was true that 
the descendants of Holland residing in America had 



110 

lost the use of the mother tongue, but the love for 
the Motherland remained in the home where their 
ancestors founded the New Netherlands. The kind- 
ness bestowed upon them in that Motherland would 
certainly be welcome to the many who bear Dutch 
names, and who are to be found in nearly every city 
and village of the United States — Dutch names 
which are honored everywhere. He had observed 
to his great satisfaction the increasing welfare of 
Rotterdam ; and the growth of the city and her com- 
merce at this moment impressed him so deeply, that 
he felt that the interest taken in this progress should 
be expressed by a more eloquent speaker than himself 
— the Rev. Dr. Elmendorf . 

The very eloquent little speech of Dr. Elmendorf 
was as follows :* 

Mr. Burgomaster, Ladies and Gentlemen : 

Our most worthy and esteemed Secretary, Van 
Siclen, with tender appreciation of the deeper mean- 
ing of things, — which to common natures seem 
commonplace, — again and again in conversation has 
characterized the excursion of The Holland Society 
of New- York to Holland as a poem. 

A poem it truly is, and like many other great 
poems it is being lived before it is written. 

The things, the accurate descriptions of which, by 
and by, will seem to others extravagant creations of 
a too excited fancy, are literally entering into the 
daily experience of us all. 

Whatever may have been the cause or character 
of the inception of this excursion, when it came to its 
birth it was found to be vital with the best inspira- 
tions of filial reverence and affection. All constitut- 
ing our company only need to tread the localities, and 
look upon the mementoes of those sublime events 



Ill 

which should make real to our apprehension what 
has been so familiar to our knowledge, in order to 
make our souls susceptible to their full historic 
power. 

So the heroic elements of our poem were assured. 
We are to know and feel, henceforth, as we never 
have before, the transcendent meaning of those mar- 
velous demonstrations of patriotism, piety, and phil- 
anthropy, which made Holland preeminently the 
parent and the perpetual exemplifier of these divine 
principles. 

But whence should come the touch which would 
reach and stir to its depths our poetic sensibility, 
and cause a stream of pure and true and ennobling 
emotion to break forth and flow with increasing 
volume ? 

The answer came in the look, the words, the grasp 
of the first greeting of our brethren here ! And 
every hour since, not only an exhaustless generosity, 
but a masterly ingenuity of hospitality, has taxed 
itself to the utmost to emphasize that welcome and 
make our enjoyment perfect. 

You all know the words and their authority : " As in 
water face answers to face, so the heart of man to 
man." 

An oldwriter has said: "If you would make me weep, 
you must first weep yourself." You, indeed, have not 
wept, brethren of Holland, nor have you made us 
weep. But you have so illustrated the principle and 
truth stated, that we find our love and longing in the 
revelations and as the reflections of your own. So 
we know the meaning of the poem you have evoked, 
and while we cannot translate it into spoken words, 
the beauty and sweetness of its rhythm shall go sing- 
ing on in our hearts while they have life enough left 
to throb. And if you would know just how this 
feels, you must come to America, and let us kindle a 
new and noble joy for you, as you have kindled ours 
by the glow of genuine fraternal affection. 



112 

Mr. Burgomaster and brethren, let me offer my 
closing sentiment in words as fervent to-night as 
they are familiar : 

God bless your native land, 
Firm may she ever stand, 

Thro' storm and night ; 
When the wild tempests rave, 
Ruler of wind and wave, 
Do thou this country save, 

By thy great might. 



He was followed by Mr. Hendr. P. N. Miiller, Hzn., 
who proposed a toast in honor of the ladies. In his 
remarks he said : It was one of the characteristics of 
the Netherlander as well as of the Americans — which 
the latter have perhaps inherited from their Dutch 
forefathers — that they have so great a regard for the 
fair sex. He alluded to the fact that it was very likely 
that the Netherlands would in the course of time be 
governed by a member of the weaker sex, the beauti- 
ful child of the king, and the pride and love of the 
whole nation. He alluded also to the friendship 
which had increased more and more between the 
sons and the descendants of Dutch blood, just as the 
Boers in South Africa, who plucked the British lion 
by the beard, are now on terms of friendship with 
the Fatherland. He closed his speech by remarking 
that, considering women govern the world, he found 
it a pleasant duty to drink to the health of the ladies 
present. The Rev. Dr. Suydam added another toast 
here, and drank to the health of Princess Wilhelmina, 
the daughter of the lawful monarch of this grand 
little country. Mr. Van Sielen here read a telegram 
just received, as follows : 




PRINCESS WILHELMINA. 



ARTOTYPE, E. BrERSTADT, N. V. 
ff 



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Visit 

of the 

Jtlolland uociety of Mew-York 

to Rotterdam 

in August 1SSS. 




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ROTTERDAM - HOLLAND. 

Lat. 51° 55' N.— Longt, 4° 30' E. 



DISTANCE FROM SEA 18 Eng. Miles. 



POPULATION nearly 200,000. 



TRADE. 
Import. Grain, Coals, Ores, Manufactures 
and Machineries of all kinds. Sugar, Coffee, 
Tobacco, Rice, Petroleum, Cotton, Rags, Guano, 
African produces, etc. 



Export. Manufactured goods, Sugar, Gin, 
Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Horses, Provisions, Fruit, 
Vegetables, Cheese, Butter, etc. 



Rotterdam is one of the cheapest and certainly 
the most important port on the continent, through 
its connection with the Rhine; the river Maas 
being the only direct river-communication from the 
Rhine to the North Sea. 

Portcharges Rotterdam : Harbourdues l T 6 o d. 
(about 3 Am. Cents) per ton. No Tonnage or Light- 
dues ; Sea- and River-Pilotage moderate. 



Of the total navigation of the Netherlands no less 
than three-fifths pass through the port of Rotter- 
dam. Since the construction of the New- Waterway, 
vessels of the largest size are able to reach Rotter- 
dam quietly and safely; ships drawing 21 feet coming 
up at any time, and those drawing 24 to 26 feet, at 
high water. 

A few years ago it took two or three days to 
reach Rotterdam from Sea, now it is done within 
two hours. 

Improvements are being steadily carried out, in 
the direction of increasing facilities for shipping, 
with the result that the Trade of the port has more 
than doubled within the past ten years. 

Rotterdam is surrounded and traversed by three 
Railroads : the Staatsspoorweg, the Rhinespoorweg 
and the Hollandsche Spoorweg, having sheds and all 
the required facilities and implements for tranship- 
ping goods direct on and from the Railway-trucks. 

There are several floating dry docks with large 
capacities ; patent-slips for vessels up to 1200 tons ; 
a Coaltip, different powerful steam- and hydraulic 
Cranes. 

Coming up thro' the New-Waterway to Rotterdam 
there are on the Portside: Maassluis, Vlaardingen, 
an important fishing centre, and Schiedam which has 
a large grain-trade and about 400 Distilleries. 

Some 25 years ago the only quay-room for large 
sea-going vessels was the Boompjes, about 800 
meters long (2650 feet). Trade improved and our 
Town-authorities being persuaded of the necessity 
to provide more quay -room, did what was required, 
and for the moment the quay-room on both sides of 




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the river is already 18,550 meters (31,830 feet). The 
Town-Community being convinced that still more 
is required, is constantly proceeding making more 
quay-room. Besides this, the river is properly pro- 
vided with a great number of Mooring-buoys, to 
enable ships and steamers to tranship their cargoes 
direct in Lighters and Rhine crafts. Since the 
commencement of the new cut at Maassluis for 
the direct New-Waterway up to Rotterdam, our 
Government already laid out for it 27£ millions of 
Guilders, equal to 11 millions of Dollars. The 
improvement of this entrance is still going on. 

To meet the demand of the trade, expected by this 
New- Waterway, our Town-Community did spend for 
improvements of harbours, moorings, quay-room and 
other works already 13 millions of Guilders, say fully 
5 millions of Dollars. 



To show that this money is spent with success, 
the following Tables are taken from the original 
reports, viz.:. 





Number of Sea-going 

Vessels entered at 

Rotterdam. 


Tonnage. 


1850 . 


. . . 1,940 


346,186 


1860 . 


. . . 2,449 


592,978 


1870 . 

1880 . 
1887 . 


. . . 2,973 
. . . 3,456 
. . . 4,153 


1,026,348 
1,681,650 

2,488,284 



1878 
1887 



Number of vessels entered 

at Rotterdam from the m „„ 

interior of Holland and lonnage. 
from the Rhine. 

. . . 62,071 1,276,064 

. . . 90,363 2,167,019 



Of the sea-going Vessels, entered at Rotterdam 
in 1887, the percentages according to the tonnage is 
as follows : 

from England 40, 59 % 

" Spain 14, 04 " 

" Russia 15, 38 " 

" United States of North America 8,« " 
" other countries 21, 56 " 



The percentage from the United States increased 
from 5, 28 in 1883 to 8, 43 in 1887. 

The Imports from the seaside consist chiefly of 
the following Goods: 

Goods. Tons. Percentages of 

the total. 



Grain . 
Ores 
Metals 
Oil . . 
Sundries 



1,036,603 34, 75 

681,851 23 
180,116 6 

147,556 5 

937,603 31, 25 

2,983,729 100 



The Exports to England are principally agricul- 
tural products of Holland, Butter, Cheese, etc. and 
Gin. 

To Germany the exports are almost entirely transit 
Goods, as Grain, Ore, etc. 

As the trade is still increasing (the tonnage entered 
in the first half year 1888, was about 10% above that 
of the corresponding months of 1887), the Commu- 
nity has again commenced the extension of harbours 
on a large scale. 



113 

Homburg, Aug. 16, 1888. 

Van Siclen, Holland Society, Rotterdam : 

Very sorry I could uot be with you, but the Greater 

Holland is well represented. 

Depew. 

The last toast was proposed by the Burgomaster to 
The Holland Society, which he said had not, accord- 
ing to their motto, grown into a single tree, but rather 
into a forest; which toast was responded to by Hon. 
L. L. Van Allen, one of the members of The Holland 
Society, for the continued welfare of Rotterdam. 

The hour for breaking up too soon arrived and the 
party made their way to the train and were safely 
carried to Amsterdam. 

While seated by the Burgomaster at this dinner 
the Secretary received a telegram from the Committee 
of Utrecht, whose telegrams and letters had been for 
three days following the Society about, inviting the 
Society to a public reception, drive through the city, 
and luncheon at Utrecht on the following day, Friday. 
It was now impossible to accept, as the invitation of 
Alkmaar had already been accepted ; but the Society 
will never cease to regret the fatality which prevented 
those letters and telegrams reaching it in time ; 
though sent to Amsterdam and The Hague, the 
Society was so on the move that each one came just 
after the Society had left, and thus was prevented 
what would have undoubtedly proved one of the 
most hospitable, interesting, and soul-stirring recep- 
tions of the trip. It is most to be regretted, too, that 
the labor and pains and preparation of the Utrecht 
Committee should thus have all been turned into 
disappointment. 
15 



114 

In Eotterdam we were presented by the committee 
with a daintily gotten-up little book descriptive of 
the place, specially prepared for our benefit, and con- 
taining a convenient map of the city. This little 
volume can properly be here inserted to show the 
wonderful development of the commercial interests 
of this important city. 



ALKMAAK. 

ON the morning of Friday, August 17, we were 
joined by our fellow-member, Warner Van 
Norden, and his son, and made our last trip as an 
organized body. At nine in the morning we took a 
steamer on the North Holland Canal for a visit to 
Alkmaar and the agricultural districts of Holland, 
under the auspices of the Alkmaar Division of The 
Holland Society of Agriculture, in pursuance of the 
following invitation : 

Alkmaar, August, 1888. 
To Mr. Geo. W. Van Siclen, 

President of The Holland Society, Amsterdam. 

Dear Sir: Regretting very much your being prevented 
to receive me, I take the liberty of writing to propose to 
you and the members of The Holland Society to reserve 
one day for a visit to the town of Alkmaar and its neighbor- 
hood. 

If possible, we should prefer to have the honor of your 
visit on a Friday, that being the day of the cheese market 
(the principal in Holland). 

The Committee of the Agricultural Society of Alkmaar 
would be delighted if you would allow them to be your 
host, and propose the following plan : 

A special steamer will be ready for you at Amsterdam at 
8 or 9 o'clock in the morning, and will bring you along the 
River Zaan past Zaandam and the Zaan villages, and arrive, 



115 

after a passage of about two hours, at Alkmaar. There we 
will visit the market, the town hall, and the cathedral, after 
which we are to visit a North Holland farm and take 
luncheon at the place of Mr. Van Foreest, one of the mem- 
bers of our committee, at Heiloo, and make a drive through 
the picturesque environs, visiting the villages of Egmond 
and Bergen. 

You will then be back at Alkmaar in time to take the 
train of five o'clock for Amsterdam. 

Hoping that our proposition may be accepted, and ex- 
pecting, if possible, an early answer, to make the necessary 
arrangements, 

Most respectfully yours, 

H. F. de Wildt, 
Burgomeester of Heiloo, near Alkmaar, 
President of the Agricultural Society, District of Alkmaar. 



This was a very interesting excursion, and showed 
us a section of the country differing in many respects 
from any we had visited, and illustrating one source, 
the agricultural, of the many industries which make 
Holland rich and prosperous. The trip on the canal 
was full of incidents, and the pictoriographer was 
successful in obtaining many striking pictures of the 
country, the windmills, the locks, and other objects 
of interest. Shortly after leaving Amsterdam our 
attention was attracted on the bow of the steamer by 
quite a crowd of rather strange looking men clad in 
some peculiar costume, and all of them with packs of 
agricultural instruments on their backs. On inquiry 
we learned that these men were German farm laborers, 
who found it more profitable to pay their expenses 
down the Rhine from Germany to Holland to do the 
harvesting for the Dutch farmers, and then return to 
Germany, than to stay at home and receive the small 
wages of their own country. This was quite an in- 
structive object-lesson as to the prosperity of the 



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agricultural regions of Holland. When we reached 
Alkmaar, a pleasing city of about 15,000 inhabitants, 
the committee of the Agricultural Society at Alk- 
maar, viz. : Mr. H. F. de Wildt, Burgomaster of 
Heiloo, President, Mr. H. Siebert Coster, of Alkmaar, 
Secretary, S. Kramer, Burgomaster of Koedijk, and 
K. Oly of Schermeer, members, escorted us to the 
Town Hall where we were received by the civil autho- 
rities. The Burgomaster, Mr. A. Maclaine Pout, 
welcomed us in a brief but very hearty address. This 
it may be remarked was the only official address 
made to us, while in Holland, that was not delivered 
in English, a fact which speaks much for the general 
high education of the official class. We enjoyed our 
Burgomaster's speech, however, from the evident kind- 
liness and sincerity of his welcome, and from the 
opportunity it afforded us of hearing the national 
language in its best state. Mr. Van Siclen replied 
in French, and then at his request Mr. Sheldon 
T. Viele made a further response to this address 
of the Burgomaster, expressing our pleasure at 
receiving so hearty a welcome so far away from 
home. Mr. Viele was selected for this purpose 
because he lived the farthest West in our own 
country of all the excursionists, thus bringing to- 
gether, as Alkmaar was the farthest North of any 
point we reached in Holland, representatives of the 
two extremes of America and Holland. After the 
address the wine of honor was passed, and we then 
made a visit to the museum of the city. Here we 
were much interested in many of the antiquities. We 
were particularly pleased to see the original letter 
written by the authorities to Father William, in 1573, 
informing him that the Spaniards had beleaguered 



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the town, and asking him for assistance. This letter 
was on parchment, long and very narrow; when 
written it was wrapped around part of the hollow of 
a stick, and inserted in a long leaping pole. The 
following is a translation of it: 

We are greatly surprised that your Grace does not send us 
any relief according to your Grace's promise, or send us a 
messenger in daytime, as it was. easier for you to send one 
in to us than for us to send one out ; and therefore, unless 
you relieve us as soon as possible, either by troops or by 
piercing the dykes, we shall be obliged to surrender the 
town to the enemy, and if this comes to pass we protest 
before God and the world that it is not our fault, or due 
to our unfaithfulness, but the fault of your Grace ; reason 
wherefore we first admonish you to relieve us immediately, 
because we have no powder to resist half an attack ; if this 
messenger has arrived let the galley or ship float a flag on 
the top of the mast when he comes, and let the flag be taken 
down when he goes back; when we are going to be re- 
lieved by soldiers show the sign 4 at the top of the mast of 
the galley or ship, and if you want to relieve us by water 
show 2 fours at the top of the mast of the galley or ship, 
and if there is no relief for us let the galley or ship fire two 
shots, and if you intend to save us and these good citizens 
send us ships and boats between the buoy and the houses 
at Bokkelen, and give us a sign in daytime when those 
ships are going to come at night by showing two flags at 
the stem of the galley or ship ; do this "speedily. 

May the Lord protect you. If there is no relief send as 
many boats and ships as your Grace may think is right 
in our behalf. We had not expected that your Grace 
would have left us so long without relief or succor, as you 
had promised us quite differently. 

Jacob Cabeliau. 

wllhelm van zonenberch. 

Jacques Hennebert. 

Jan Spiegel. 

Dirck Dunel. 

Floris van Teylingen. 

Claes Herensz. 



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A carpenter took this and at the peril of his life 
swam the moat, passed the lines of the Spaniards, and 
made his way across the country, leaping ditches and 
canals by aid of the pole, and finally reaching his 
destination in safety. The inhabitants of the little 
city bravely held out, and after a long siege Father 
William finally succeeded in coming to their rescue. 
This city and Leyden claim the proud honor of being 
the only two cities, formally invested by the Span- 
iards during those terrible years, that succeeded in 
driving off the enemy. "We saw a very curious pic- 
ture of the siege, also many cloth seals, and official 
stamps of the old time ; and the picture of Aphan, 
who once upon a time sailed away with a fleet on a 
voyage of exploration into unknown waters, and 
was gone so many years that he and his companions 
were given up for lost, but who finally, to the surprise 
and gratitude of all the city, sailed into port again 
with all his ships. We also saw some relics of the 
Romans, showing that this remarkable people had 
reached these regions and left evidences of their 
wonderful civilization and power. The Secretary of 
the City Council of Alkmaar, Mr. J. Nuhout van der 
Veen, presented the visitors, in the name of the com- 
mittee of the museum, with some coins made in 1573 
for paying off the troops, photographs representing 
some buildings of the city, a portrait of the Burgo- 
master Van Teylingen, a book on the siege of Alk- 
maar, written by the late Mr. Hofdyke, and several 
other articles of value. 

We were also presented by Mr. Twisk of the Agri- 
cultural Society with a number of the bulbs of a 
new tulip called by him the "Abraham Lincoln." 
These were distributed among the members and 




WEIGH HOUSE, ALKMAAH. 



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now bloom in many gardens of America, recall- 
ing a pleasant incident of our trip to the North of 
Holland. 

We then visited the cheese market, which is held 
in the small square in front of the weighing house, 
erected in 1582. The neighboring streets were filled 
with quaint and curious wagons and chariots, of 
which the pictoriographer obtained several good pic- 
tures. As this was Friday, the weekly cheese market 
was in full operation, and the place was thronged 
with the peasantry of the province of North Holland, 
who had come together to sell their produce to the 
dealers. The square was divided into little lanes, all 
of them filled with piles of the familiar yellow and 
red cheeses which are seen all over the world. 

There are in the weigh-house four sets of scales, 
each attended by its own crew. There is a lively 
competition between the sets to accomplish the 
greatest amount of work, and their movements are 
correspondingly lively. Two men bear between them 
a sort of hand-bier, which they rapidly load with 
cheeses from the piles in the market, and carry to 
the weigh-house, where they are weighed and re- 
turned. The scales are of the old-fashioned kind, 
and for every 500 pounds of cheese placed on one 
side of the scale, they place 500 pounds of iron on 
the other. In honor of our visit the men were attired 
in their best clothes and looked picturesquely in their 
bright colored costumes, of which the coat, hose, and 
peculiar stifi 2 varnished straw hat are of a color dis- 
tinguishing each crew. We visited the principal 
church of the place, the Church of St. Laurence, 
which has some interesting features. Here a concert 
was given on the fine organ for our benefit, and we 



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heard the " Priest's March," from Athalie, followed 
by "Yankee Doodle." 

From here we were driven to Heiloo, a short dis- 
tance from Alkmaar, and received at " Nyenburg," the 
residence of Jhr. P. van Foreest, the president of the 
Society. This is a beautiful old house, very pictu- 
resquely situated in the midst of a fine old grove, with 
vistas cut through the trees affording many fine views. 
It was a fine representative of the best type of Dutch 
farms, but very different from any ideas of ours as- 
sociated with a farm-house. The house was commo- 
dious and handsomely furnished, and situated upon 
ground formerly owned by the Egmont family, so 
illustrious in the annals of Holland, and from whom 
the present family have descended. On the walls 
were pictures of two brothers, from one of whom the 
Chevalier van Foreest claims descent ; one was the 
physician of William of Orange, and the other the 
Burgomaster of Alkmaar at the time of the siege. 
We were received by the Chevalier and his agreeable 
wife and attractive children. Besides Mrs. van 
Foreest there were also present, to greet and enter- 
tain us, Mrs. de Wildt, Miss J. van Foreest, Miss J. 
Momma, Mr. O. Kalff, Mr. Th. A. Sannes, Mr. D. 
Bosman, Mr. H. Momma, and Mr. H. Cohen Stuart. 
Here, in the agricultural regions of the northern 
part of Holland, we found this entire family, parents 
and children, all speaking most excellent English, and 
none of the family, with the exception of the father, 
having ever been out of their own country. We par- 
took of a luncheon embracing many appetizing delica- 
cies peculiar to the country, after which we viewed 
the barns of the establishment, and were impressed 
by their enormous size, wonderful neatness (the pro- 



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verbial neatness of the Dutch certainly being in no 
way overestimated), and methodical arrangement. 
The cattle are quartered at one end of the barn, and 
the successive stages of the manufacture of cheese go 
on until the cheeses are stored at the other end ready 
for shipment. We were also introduced to the massive 
black and white bull of the farm, a winner of many 
prizes, and a magnificent animal. 

After this interesting inspection we took a long 
drive to Egmond-binnen, to the scanty ruins of the 
castle of Egmond. This was our best opportunity 
for a glimpse of some of the most characteristic 
scenery of Holland. The roads were excellent, 
through fields covered with herbage on which in- 
numerable cattle were grazing. As we approached 
the sea the dunes were before us, mounds and hil- 
locks of sand tossed up by the waves and winds, 
beyond them the dark waters of the North Sea, and 
above all the cold gray sky. After a drive of several 
miles, stopping at the ruins of a fine church, which 
was sacked and burned by the French, we returned 
to Alkmaar and took the train at 5 p. m. for Amster- 
dam, feeling that this had been one of our most in- 
structive days, and one which gave us a higher idea 
of the solid agricultural foundation upon which much 
of the commercial prosperity of Holland depends. 

On arriving at Amsterdam we partook of a rather 
hasty dinner, paid our bills, gathered together our 
effects, and turned our faces homeward. There were no 
parting ceremonies, as the time was short, and all the 
members of the expedition were thoroughly tired out 
by their nine days' pleasure. Our little party, who 
formed the advance-guard of the return trip, just 
twelve in number, took their seats in the train about 
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nine in the evening, feeling loath to leave the scenes 
of so much pleasure, but our faces were turned home- 
ward and in talking over what we had seen the time 
passed pleasantly until we reached Rotterdam about 
eleven. We got out of the cars and found the station 
dim and almost deserted ; we were looking around for 
our trunks, when a gendarme with two or three of 
the railway porters suddenly appeared and practically 
put the party under arrest. With the little Dutch at 
our command we soon found that the desired victim 
was that one of the party who had the least knowl- 
edge of the Holland tongue. We could not imagine 
of what crime he had been guilty, until it finally 
transpired that on purchasing his tickets in Amster- 
dam, the ticket-seller had given him about a dollar too 
much in change. This had been promptly reported by 
telegraph and the direful result was before us in the 
person of the military gentleman who was now de- 
manding satisfaction. Our innocent fellow-traveler 
held out a handful of coin, told him to help himself 
to what he wanted or take it all, if he would only let 
him go ; this was finally accomplished, and an inter- 
national episode was thus happily averted. The next 
morning we spent a couple of hours in a hasty survey 
of the shops of Rotterdam and promptly at twelve 
o'clock found ourselves again on board the good ship 
" Amsterdam," homeward bound. 

Here ends the chronicle of the first part of the ex- 
pedition. It was only nine days in all, but it gave 
us experiences and pleasures that will ever remain 
in our memories. The expedition was begun as a 
sort of sentimental journey to their common Father- 
land beyond the sea by a party of strangers united 



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by a shadowy claim of kinship. We hoped for a few 
privileges beyond those enjoyed by the passing 
traveler ; but, on reaching Holland, the whole nation, 
responding to the sentiment which prompted our jour- 
ney, received us with open arms. 

Of Holland and its people too much cannot be 
said in praise. Thrift, prosperity, and commercial 
activity are everywhere apparent. A noticeable indi- 
cation of this prosperity was the fact that of the 
many children we saw, both in the cities and the 
country districts, all were comfortably clad and none 
were barefooted. When the children are thus cared 
for, all is well with the nation. 



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NARRATIVE OF THE VISIT OF 

THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW- YORK 

TO THE NETHERLANDS. 

PART II. 
By Rev. J. Howard Suydam, D. D. 




APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY HISTOPiIAN COADJUTOR TO 
SHELDON YIELE, ESQ. 

N the 19th of August the larger part of The 
Holland Society returned to America. A 
company consisting of four members re- 
mained, and determined to visit the sur- 
rounding provinces. All official engagements were 
canceled. Due notice was given to the municipalities 
and societies which had extended invitations to visit 
them that they would travel in a private capacity. 
This announcement did not accomplish its object. 
These gentlemen were still regarded as representing 
the Society; the same lavish hospitality was tendered 
them that had been bestowed upon the whole com- 
pany. To express this so as to lead to its full appre- 



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ciation by those at home is the main object of this 
part of our narrative. 

This company consisted of the following gentle- 
men, viz. : John H. Voorhees of Washington, D. C, 
Menzo Van Voorhis of Rochester, N. Y., Frank Has- 
brouck of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and the Rev. Dr. J. 
Howard Suydam of Jersey City, N. J. 

LEEUWAEDEN. 

ON Monday, August 20, we journeyed by rail to 
Leeuwarden in the province of Friesland. Our 
course lay along the southern and eastern shores of 
the Zuider Zee, some distance inland, and through 
the considerable cities of Amersfoort, Zwolle, Mep- 
pel, and Heerenveen. For a few miles the country 
was fertile, and the crop of vegetables seemed very 
abundant. For the first time in our travels orchards 
were seen; the trees presenting a fair display of 
apples, pears, and plums. Soon, however, we came 
to a desert of sand dunes. These continued for a 
long distance, followed for many miles by drowned 
lands. When the grazing country reappeared, it was 
like the coast southward of Haarlem, dotted with 
numbers of spotted black and white cattle, which 
the natives say are erroneously called "the Hol- 
stein." A marked feature in this region is the mag- 
nificent breed of horses; they are of a coal black color, 
with wide frontals, arched necks, and broad tails, 
which sweep the ground ; and their motion is with a 
high, proud step. This was remarked even of those 
driven before the plow. 

At the station at Leeuwarden, the delegation was 
met by Mr. Battaent, conservator of the Museum, 



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who accompanied them to the Hotel Doelen. Here 
they were greeted by Burgomaster Lycklama, Justice 
Boerles, and Professor Bruggencate. These gentle- 
men spoke the English language fluently. Mr. Brug- 
gencate is professor of English literature in the 
gymnasium. 

A visit to the Town Hall was followed by a long 
delay in the Museum, in which the authorities and 
citizens generally take a deep interest. It is rich 
in local antiquities, including the bones of extinct 
animals, skulls of a powerful pre-historic race of 
men, excellent classifications of coins, and many 
evidences of the Roman occupancy of the territory. 
A stone with a Latin inscription, and containing the 
name of the reigning Roman Emperor and also of 
the commanding military officer, had been exhumed 
and deposited here only two weeks before. 

The company were afterwards driven over brick 
paved roads several miles into the country to visit 
an ancient institution for the care of respectable aged 
women. The burgomaster was ex-officio the presi- 
dent of the corporation, and he manifested special 
pride in its management. It occupied a castle and 
an ancient convent, which, together with an ample 
endowment, was the gift of Baron Pepta, who died 
in the year 1711. The treasury has an income of 
10,000 florins a year. Each person is furnished with a 
room, and two florins a week. A peculiar rule en- 
joined by the terms of the will, requires that each 
inmate in turn shall polish a certain piece of furniture 
once a year. The founder was a bachelor. 

A banquet at the residence of the burgomaster, 
which was formerly owned and occupied by the 
family of the Stadtholder, concluded the day. It 



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would not be proper to publish a detailed description 
of the elegant appointments. The report in a local 
journal of the following day — a copy of which has 
been deposited in the archives of our Society — 
indicates the hearty enjoyment of the whole 
company. 

The cordial welcome, in excellent English, extended 
by the burgomaster, in his toast " To The Holland 
Society of New- York," was happily responded to by 
Mr. Frank Hasbrouck. 

An interesting incident at this banquet was the 
first introduction of a new brand of cigars, named 
and marked " The Holland Society of New- York." 

The following representative gentlemen were in- 
vited to meet us: viz., A. Du Pare, member of the 
Town Council; P. A. Bergsma, LL. D., secretary 
of the town ; P. Lycklama a Nyeholt, burgomas- 
ter; B. J. Lycklama a Nyeholt, son of the burgo- 
master, and a student at law at Leiden; W. B. 
S. Boerles, LL. D., vice-president of the court of 
law, and librarian of the Frisian Society ; J. U. Z. A. 
Corbelyn Battaerd, keeper of the prints, coins, etc., 
of the Frisian Society, and K. ten Bruggencate, pro- 
fessor of the English and German language at the 
Municipal College. 

As mementoes of the visit our Society was pre- 
sented with the following volumes, viz., a copy of 
"Kunst en Kunst Geschiedenis van Bolsvard"; "A 
Catalogue of the Museum of Leeuwarden"; Hol- 
land's " Silver feast," a historical eulogy, by Samuel 
Eichard van Campen ; Vol. I. of the " Dutch in the 
Arctic Sea," by the same author ; also three current 
copies of the "Leeuwarden Courant," containing 
reports of the visit of the delegation. 



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Among the many pleasant recollections of our visit 
to Holland none will stand ont more vividly than 
this reception at Leenwarden. 



GKONINGEN. 



IN response to an invitation received by the Secre- 
tary on Tuesday, August 21, we visited the city of 
Groningen in the province of the same name. 

Groningen lies due east of Leeuwarden, at a dis- 
tance of about three hours travel. The country tra- 
versed is a dry upland ; the field crops were large, 
orchards were numerous, and among the staple prod- 
ucts were chicory and a poor quality of tobacco. 

The city of Groningen, like all the others in the 
Netherlands, is intersected by numerous canals, in 
which were a large number of vessels of various 
kinds, including ocean steamers. Everywhere there 
were indications of considerable commercial activity. 
It was noticeable, however, that, different from other 
formerly walled cities which we had visited, the 
streets and squares were wider. 

The ancient walls had been leveled and the unused 
canals filled up, so that the places they once occupied 
now furnished excellent boulevards for driving. The 
principal church edifice dated from the XVIth cen- 
tury, the ante-Reformation period. It is chiefly re- 
markable for its tower of unusual massiveness, and 
also for the chancel or choir, which is much higher 
than the other parts of the building. 

Mr. Boeke, of the mercantile firm of Huydekoper 
& Boeke, had been deputed by the burgomaster to be 
his substitute as host for the occasion, important 
official business having prevented his presence. 



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Mr. Boeke is connected by marriage with the 
Huydekoper's of Pennsylvania, one of whom was a 
distinguished general in our army and postmaster 
of the city of Philadelphia during President Arthur's 
administration. Mr. Boeke's business as a dealer in 
agricultural implements had brought him into con- 
stant correspondence with Americans, so that he 
spoke our language with perfect ease. 

After a pedestrian tour through the city, we visited 
a school for girls, the first we had entered, because 
our journey was made during the summer vacation. 
It had been reopened on the day previous. 

It was a primary school for the training of children 
up to twelve years of age. With the youngest the 
teaching was after the mode of Froebel's Kinder- 
garten. All were taught from the blackboard, the 
larger scholars having text-books in their hands. 

The teachers, all of whom were familiar with the 
English language, indicated a thorough qualification 
for their work. The normal schools in the Nether- 
lands have the reputation of being unexcelled. The 
salaries of the teachers range from $300 to $800 a 
year. The cost of board and lodging for a single 
person is $250 a year. 

The children were scrupulously clean and neatly 
dressed, without any attempt at display. The blonde 
complexion, with flaxen or brown hair and brown and 
blue eyes, were particularly remarkable. The few 
with dark eyes and hair were unmistakably of He- 
brew extraction. Here was the evidence of a purer 
Grermanic people than any we had as yet observed. 

Another peculiarity also learned from these inhabi- 
tants of the extreme North was that, while with diffi- 
culty they understand the language of their own 



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countrymen living in the Southern provinces, they 
hold ready communication with the people of Scot- 
land. 

Subsequent investigation led to the discovery that 
the first inhabitants of this region of which there is 
any historical record were Celts. 

The head ornaments of the ladies of Groningen are 
of the same pattern as those in Friesland ; although 
many wear silver-gilt instead of pure gold. A house 
servant may often be found wearing a golden helmet 
of the value of $300. They are heirlooms, and their 
owners cannot be induced to part with them, any 
sooner than with the carved chests which contain the 
wedding trousseau. 

In the Museum at Leeuwarden, the evolution of 
the peculiar head-gear of the Holland ladies is shown 
by a series of examples, beginning with a narrow 
metal band used to keep the hair out of the eyes. 

Much has been said by American travelers about 
the beauty of the ladies in the Northern Netherlands ; 
our judgment confirms this report. The women are 
remarkable for their clear complexions, good form, 
and fine eyes ; their features are not always harmo- 
nious, but their faces are full of expression. 

Mr. Boeke led the company to the Exchange, 
where our presence, with the orange-colored badges 
conspicuously displayed, caused considerable pleas- 
ant diversion. The traffic here in rape-seed and Rus- 
sian rye was to us a novelty. 

After luncheon the party was driven about the 
environs of the city. We here availed ourselves of an 
opportunity to explore a veritable farm-house. 

Everything of a movable character pertaining to 
a farm was under one roof. The building appeared 



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to be about 200 by 150 feet in dimensions. The 
arrangement, although not so pleasant as the homes 
on our American farms, is nevertheless not as disa- 
greeable as it would seem. In the extreme end is 
the private apartment; next to it is the pig-sty; 
then, on either side, come the stalls for the cattle and 
the horses. When the weather demands that they 
shall be brought beneath shelter, the pigs are washed, 
the cows are curried and blanketed, and their tails 
are suspended to a wire. The flooring of the sty and 
stable is made of brick and slightly inclined; and 
they are as thoroughly scrubbed as a floor in a house. 
Next to the cattle is the department for vehicles and 
farm implements; then follows the threshing ma- 
chine and churn, both driven by horse power. The 
next apartment is the store-house for the fuel, which 
consists of peat holding a great amount of woody fiber. 
Then comes the dairy, containing large vats of milk, 
both from the sheep and the cows. After these, 
follow the kitchen, the sitting-room, and the parlor 
in succession. In none of these rooms is there an 
indication of a sleeping place ; yet, in each of them 
are beds behind the papered walls. Sometimes they 
are placed one above another, like the berths in 
a ship. On the parlor table the fine china ware — 
hereditary treasures — is conspicuously displayed. 

As an item of interest not only of health, but 
of economy (and to which Victor Hugo directs 
special attention), we learn that the night-soil of 
Groningen is daily collected from the convenient 
earth-closets and sold to the farmers. The revenue 
from this source amounts to one florin annually for 
every inhabitant of the city, including men, women, 
and children. 




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In the cattle-market here we witnessed the ancient 
custom of " striking hands." It is worthy of a pic- 
ture. At each offer and at each bid the buyer and 
seller, looking intently into each other's eyes, strike 
hands with great earnestness. As the bargain ap- 
proaches a conclusion the vigor increases, and at its 
close the parties shake hands and retire to the inn. 

Mr. Boeke informed us that for a short time the 
mowing machine was used in Holland, but now it 
was entirely discarded, because in harvest time large 
numbers of industrious and frugal G-ermans are 
accustomed to cross the line and perform the work. 
This is done so thoroughly and cheaply that the 
machines are not deemed necessary. 

After expressing our grateful appreciation of the 
attentions received, and desiring our compliments to 
be presented to the burgomaster, we returned to 
Leeuwarden, arriving at 10 o'clock in the evening. 
We were met at the station by the hospitable Burgo- 
master Lycklama, and Professor Bruggencate, who 
accompanied us to our hotel and entertained us in 
delightful good-fellowship. 

Sneek. 

A VISIT to the city of Sneek was not contemplated 
when the quartette delegation of The Holland 
Society left Amsterdam on their northern tour. The 
inducements presented by their attentive hosts at 
Leeuwarden, however, were too powerful to over- 
come. When they consented to go, the burgomaster 
telegraphed the burgomaster of Sneek and the presi- 
dent of the yacht-club at what hour they might be 
expected. They were well repaid. The experience 
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was unique. The day was the first of the two con- 
secutive holidays of the year. 

Sneek has no drives, theater, or opera, hence the 
recreations of the people are entirely upon the water. 
Their yacht-races are famous; boats are entered 
for the contest from the different provinces of the 
Netherlands, and from Belgium, England, and Scot- 
land. The prizes awarded are not of great intrinsic 
value, but, like the laurel crown in the Olympic 
games, they confer distinguished honor. The people 
come for many miles from the surrounding country 
to participate in the festivities. It is a favorite time 
for the reunion of old and young. Business is sus- 
pended, and everything is surrendered to witness the 
great yacht contests. 

We were accompanied by Professor Bruggencate, 
who acted as interpreter. 

The whole population of the city seemed to be 
gathered at the station. We were met by the " Di- 
rection" of the "Yacht Association," accompanied 
by an unusually excellent band of music. Our ba- 
rouches were escorted through the dense crowd to a 
public hall, where an address of welcome was de- 
livered by Mr. Clignetts, to which Mr. Voorhees of 
Washington, D. C, made a happy reply. 

The burgomaster, who had been detained by a 
marriage, arrived later, and read from a paper 
another welcome on behalf of the Municipality in 
the following words: 

" It may be allowed to me to speak some words to 
our American, no ! to our old Dutch visitors. 

" More than 250 years ago your ancestors had left 
this, our country here, and have taken part in the 
earliest American settlements. Two centuries and a 



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half ! It is a long time. And the Atlantic Ocean is 
a great sea, but neither the distance of place nor 
the length of time did forget you, the worthy 
descendants of our common fathers, that the same old 
Dutch blood, untainted, free and strong, flows in 
your and our veins and hearts. You have been 
coming here to visit the old native country. Old 
Holland and Old Friesland agree to your noble feel- 
ing, and are happy to welcome the American-Hol- 
landers, our brethren from the other side of the 
world. 

" I propose, my countrymen, to drink their health.' 

Dr. Suydam made an appropriate response. 

It may not be out of place here to remark that the 
personnel of the burgomasters, everywhere, is distin- 
guished. They are appointed by the king, and some 
of them are members of the National Parliament. 
They are gentlemen of high character and of superior 
culture. In order to maintain the dignity of their 
position, they must have an income independent of 
the stipend of their office. All marriages are per- 
formed by them or by their deputies. 

The burgomaster of Sneek (Mr. Alma, uncle to 
the celebrated artist Alma Tadema), is no excep- 
tion to this rule. He stands six feet four inches 
in height, is well proportioned, and dressed in ex- 
cellent taste ; he appeared like a typical New- York 
gentleman. 

The open space in front of the hall was crowded 
with people, who greeted the company with vocifer- 
ous cheers upon their entrance and departure. 

Sneek is an old city, and was once encircled by a 
wall and also by water. It now contains twenty 
thousand inhabitants, and, like many others in Hol- 
land, does not appear to maintain any special indus- 



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try. As in Hoorn, Middleberg, and Arnhem, there 
is a very large number of people here who are living 
upon the capital accumulated in former years. 

There still remains of the old wall, the beautiful 
water-gate, in perfect condition, a photograph of 
which is kindly forwarded to the Society by Miss 
Ten Oener of Bellingwolde, Groningen. 

We were received on a steamer conveying the 
" Direction." Another one preceded us, occupied by 
the band of music, and one followed us which con- 
tained a squad of men who, we were amused to see, 
were armed with old-fashioned muskets, loaded at 
the muzzle by powder-horn and ramrod ; these were 
to furnish the salutes for the occasion. 

In this order we proceeded through the canals to 
the large fresh- water inland sea called " Sneeker- 
Zee." Here we landed upon an island so low that it 
seemed as if a very slight breeze would entirely sub- 
merge it. Many vessels had already arrived, others 
followed in rapid succession, and made fast to the 
little island and to each other until they formed a com- 
pact mass. The most of them were the blunt-bowed, 
oiled, and sloop-rigged boats, which are chiefly used 
for traffic on the Rhine and other inland waters. 
They have no center-board, but a wing arrangement 
on either side serves the same purpose. The speed 
those skilled sailors could get from such unpromising 
craft was indeed remarkable. It was reported that 
there were about five hundred vessels in sight on the 
sea. 

The day was perfect. The people in festive mood, 
the peasantry in their picturesque attire, the unceas- 
ing music, and the happy laughter of the multitude, 
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divided the honors of the day with the competitive 
yachtsmen. We deemed it a high compliment that 
the vessels from England, Scotland, and Belginm, as 
well as those of the Netherlands, displayed the 
American colors. The musicians not knowing our 
national airs, substituted "God Save the Queen," 
which was gracefully acknowledged. The leader 
(Mr. Graefe) apologized, and to atone for this 
omission, kindly offered to compose a march for the 
" Holland Society," and if we would forward him a 
copy, to interweave the air of the " Star Spangled 
Banner." 

In accordance with this request a copy was sent 
to his address in the care of Burgomaster Alma. 
But before he received it, and while engaged in the 
composition of the march, Mr. Graefe was stricken 
with apoplexy and died. A musical journal has 
been sent to our Society containing his portrait 
and a sketch of his life. He was evidently a man 
of genius, and a composer of unusual merit ; it was 
a pleasure for the Americans to transmit a contribu- 
tion toward the erection of a monument to his 
memory. 

The visiting yachts vied with each other in their 
attentions to the Americans, who were obliged to 
pass from vessel to vessel to enjoy their hospitality. 

The race was conducted in admirable order. Six 
classes of vessels were entered. The prescribed 
course required to make a circuit three times around 
the island. As they drew near, their sails bellying 
to the breeze, the sailors prone on their backs, with 
features fixed and eyes aflame, restraining, relaxing, 
and guiding their craft as a racer his steeds, the 
interest of the thousands of spectators became in- 



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tense. The whole, together with the anchored ves- 
sels, bedecked with all the bunting at their command, 
presented a scene worthy to be preserved on canvas. 
How mnch we regretted then, as on other occasions, 
the absence of our photographer ! 

It is sufficient to say that the hospitality here was 
of the same generous character as in other places. 
The banquet was spread on the deck of the large 
steamer which conveyed the " Direction." The Eng- 
lish-speaking ladies, with the gracious manners of 
the best society, placed their guests at their ease. 
There was a dance on a little green island, which 
trembled beneath the hundreds of feet keeping time 
to the music. The company was also entertained by 
the provincial Frisian dance, which is a lively com- 
bination of the Virginia reel and the quadrille. 

Our return to the city began as the sun was near 
his setting. The three steamers had in tow the six 
victorious yachts. The whole fleet followed. The 
sea seemed crowded with craft. As we passed 
through the canals the decks of the steamers were 
on a level with the dykes ; these were thronged with 
good-natured men, women, and children, who sang 
responsive songs to those on deck. 

The music of " Neerlandsch-Bloed " inspired the 
whole multitude, and they rolled out the chorus " For 
Prince and Fatherland " with fine effect. 

The whole scene of the procession of vessels, the 
incessant music, the salutes from the musketeers, 
the people singing in chorus their familiar songs, and, 
as we neared the wharf, the chimes of the church 
bells ringing out a welcome, as witnessed in the 
deepening twilight, produced a picturesque impres- 
sion which can never be effaced. 



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It is a pleasure to report that not a single intoxi- 
cated or disorderly person marred the harmony of 
that holiday license. 

In a large hall we witnessed the award of the 
prizes. An address was delivered by Mr. Pyttersen, 
the president of the Yacht Association, a large part 
of which was devoted to a eulogy of America and a 
welcome to The Holland Society of New- York. 
Mr. Frank Hasbrouck ascended the platform, and 
made the happiest of his many speeches. It was 
interpreted by Professor Bruggencate, and at its 
close the vast audience rose and applauded. 

The train was in waiting ; we were obliged to take 
a hurried departure. As we passed through the hall 
the people rose en masse and cheered with great 
vigor. 

At Leeuwarden we were again met by the burgo- 
master, who accompanied us to our hotel. On the 
following morning he, with others, escorted us to the 
station, and bade us a hearty farewell. Here we 
were joined by our fellow-member, Mr. Warner Van 
Norden, and his son, of New- York. 



Aknhem. 

OUR narrative is not to be regarded as a guide- 
book : its main purpose is to note incidents by 
the way which shall best indicate the spirit of the peo- 
ple in their reception of the members representing 
The Holland Society of New- York. The enthusi- 
asm manifested in all the cities previously visited 
did not abate, but rather increased as we continued 
our journey. 



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The route to Arnhem was, in part, the same as 
that by which we had traveled northward, through 
many miles of watery waste, of dreary heather-covered 
peat-fields, and of rolling sand-dunes. At Meppel, 
near which was the hive of the Voorhuises, the 
ground was slightly elevated, fertile, and well 
wooded by arboriculture. The wilderness soon re- 
appeared and continued until we approached Voorst ; 
here it was a great relief to look upon an undulating 
landscape, where orchards abounded, and where 
forest trees, the result of cultivation, were more 
numerous. The roads were perfect ; indeed they are 
unsurpassed all through the Netherlands. Occasion- 
ally in this region a herd of red-spotted cattle ap- 
peared, indicating a mixture of breeds. 

The country presented the same character as far as 
Deventer and Arnhem. 

Arnhem, with its environs, is the most beautiful 
city in Holland. This is largely due to the con- 
trast with the monotonous level of other parts of the 
country. It is located on the main branch of the 
Ehine. 

An association, which, with commendable frank- 
ness, bears the title of "The Society Wishing to 
Attract Visitors to Arnhem," sent a committee to 
receive us at the station. We were driven to the 
hotel Bellevue to breakfast, where the elegance 
of appointments and the urbanity and heartiness of 
the hosts showed the high appreciation in which 
they held The Holland Society of New- York. 

The location of the table was opposite wide-open 
doors, overlooking a beautiful lawn which sloped 
down to the river, and across which, beyond the 
intervening miles of low-land, one could see the 




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spires and distant hills of Germany. The delicate 
cut glass, the trailing vines, and dishes embossed in 
flowers, evinced great refinement of taste. 

Here, we are happy to record an incident which 
is of great interest to every American patriot. It is 
best told in the accompanying reprint of an article 
published in the February number of the " Magazine 
of American History " : 



" THE DE VRIES PORTRAIT OF 
WASHINGTON." 

A KECENT DISCOVEKY IN HOLLAND. 

The visit of The Holland Society of New- York to 
the Netherlands in August, 1888, will ever be a 
memorable event, both to the hosts and to their 
favored guests. The official and civic receptions, the 
excursions and banquets, and enthusiastic welcome 
of the multitude which crowded the thoroughfares 
and the housetops, the music, addresses, and original 
songs, the lavish display of flags and bunting, the 
cathedral bells ringing out the national airs of 
America, all made an impression which seems like a 
dream. It was a continuous ovation of ten days, 
and more befitting royalty than a company of simple 
citizens of a republic. It was the home sentiment 
greeting the members of the family after an absence 
of 250 years. 

The company then disbanded. Some returned by 
the same steamer which carried them over, while 
others departed for London, Paris, and the Rhine. 
Their visit had been limited to the provinces of 
North and South Holland. 

A few members of the Society determined to devote 
two weeks more in travel through the other prov- 



Ekeatum.— For "Utrecht portrait" read "Arnhem 
portrait of Washington." 



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inces. They were everywhere received with the 
same hearty demonstrations. It continued to be a 
royal progress to Leeuwarden, Sneek, Groningen, 
Utrecht, and Middelburg. But nowhere was the 
hospitality more pronounced than at Arnhem on the 
Rhine, in the province of Guelderland. 

The company of gentlemen who here received 
them bore the peculiar title of " The Society Wish- 
ing to Attract Visitors to Arnhem." The midday 
breakfast at the Hotel Bellevue, arranged according 
to the characteristic taste of the cultured Hollander, 
appealed to the poetic sentiment. The table on the 
veranda commanded a view down the lawn sloping 
to the Rhine, across which, and beyond the interven- 
ing meadows, were visible the spires of the churches 
in the villages lying among the German hills. After- 
ward, in response to an invitation, they were driven 
to the residence of Mr. Peter de Vries, Sr. 

It was what Americans would call an old-fash- 
ioned house. It bore the appearance of wealth, indi- 
cative of comfort rather than of ostentation. The 
interior arrangements, the furniture, and decora- 
tions were similar to those of the old Knickerbocker 
homes of New- York. This, together with the manner 
of the reception accorded by the family and invited 
friends, immediately placed the visitors at their ease. 

Their attention was at once arrested by a portrait 
of our Washington, standing upon an easel, and 
decorated with Dutch and American flags. Their 
surprise was greatly increased when Mr. de Vries 
read from a carefully prepared manuscript a history 
of the portrait, a part of which I have the privilege 
to present: 

He said: "Under every government which our 
fatherland has had the love of liberty has manifested 
itself; it was only modified in its expression in 
accordance with the circumstances under which the 
people live. The proper and natural consequences 
were, that the principles proclaimed more than one 



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hundred years ago in America, in the founding of an 
independent nationality, met with sympathy and 
support in the Netherlands, not only from their 
political leaders, but also from men who were not 
invested with public office. Hence they did not 
hesitate to extend their commercial enterprises to 
those countries which were in need of help and 
capital. This was the principal cause why my great- 
grandfather, over one hundred years ago, dared to 
take the initiative, according to his ability and 
influence, to support the Americans in their struggle 
for liberty against the odds of England. Actuated 
by such a spirit, Claas Taan, living at Zaandam and 
carrying on business under the firm name of ' Claas 
Taan & Sons,' sent a portion of his commercial fleet, 
at that time consisting of eighteen vessels of the 
largest tonnage, to America. He was successful in 
running the English blockade and carrying provis- 
ions into Baltimore. This deed was afterwards 
remembered by the Americans, and my great-grand- 
father, Mr. Claas Taan, received, in 1793, a present 
from America in commemoration of this service 
(pointing to the portrait of Washington), and his 
descendants cherish it as an evidence how an inde- 
pendent nation values the voluntary services of a 
foreign friend in adversity. This, gentlemen, is a 
contribution to the history of America's War for 
Independence." 

Mr. de Vries then stated that the portrait was pre- 
sented by Washington himself to Claas Taan, accom- 
panied with an autograph letter. 

Here was discovered an original portrait of Wash- 
ington, and connected with an event in our War of 
Ee volution of which the Americans were totally 
ignorant. 

The writer of this article made reply to Mr. de 
Vries's address, in which he expressed the delight 
of the visitors, and promised, upon his return to 
America, to investigate the genuineness of the por- 



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trait, and to verify, if possible, the historical incident. 
He began his researches as soon as possible, which 
were attended with no little difficulty. He received 
the names Pan and Pank, as transcribed from the 
canvas ; but, as these could not be found in the cata- 
logue of artists, he requested a photographic copy of 
the portrait. Mr. de Vries replied that he had never 
permitted a reproduction of the portrait in any form ; 
still he complied with the request, and, after ten 
copies were taken (two of which were sent to the 
writer), the plate was purposely broken. The photo- 
graph very distinctly presented the artist's name — 
C. Polk, 1793. 

It now became interesting to identify the painter. 
The writer at first proceeded to compare the photo- 
graph with the reproduction of known original 
portraits of Washington, but could not find its 
counterpart ; nor could he find the name Polk in any 
one of the conventional lists of contemporary por- 
trait painters. After a long research the following 
brief sentence was discovered in Tuckerman's "Book 
of Artists " : " More than one portrait of Washington 
bears the name of Polke, who passed a year or two 
in America. One of these belonged to the estate of 
Arthur Lee, and was sent to Washington during the 
civil war, but was returned by the government at its 
close." 

A letter was addressed to Governor Lee of Virginia, 
describing Mr. de Vries's picture, and inquiring if it 
corresponded with the one in the possession of his 
family. The governor referred it to Mr. Poindexter, 
State librarian, who directed attention to a descrip- 
tion of the Lee portrait in Johnston's "Original 
Portraits of Washington," of which the following is 
a summarized extract : 

It is proper to record here three portraits which legiti- 
mately come in a list of Peale's works. They are attributed 
to Charles Peale Polk, a young Virginian, who was a rela- 
tive, namesake, and pupil of Peale's ; and it was said that 



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Polk painted only the figures, while his master painted the 
heads. The likeness obtained in the portraits is a close 
rendering of the Washington head, according to the Houdon 
standard. One of these portraits was painted for Arthur 
Lee, Commissioner to France, being sent to him while 
abroad. It is a three-quarter picture of Washington in 
Continental uniform, with three stars in the epaulets. His 
hand, holding a chapeau, rests on the hilt of his sword. 
Princeton, with the college buildings, furnishes the back- 
ground. A remark in the letter accompanying the trans- 
mission indicates that there were two pictures of this kind. 
The second picture identified is called kit-cat, and is marked 
Cs. Polk, and is now in the possession of theHistorical Society 
of Pennsylvania. The third is in the Corcoran Gallery at 
Washington. 

The extract from Tuckerman implies that the artist 
was a foreigner, or that he resided abroad, and it 
gives his name as Polke. There can be no donbt but 
that he is the same person alluded to in Johnston, 
since both speak of a portrait for Arthur Lee, al- 
though the latter says that this picture bears the name 
Chs. Peale Polk, while the one in Philadelphia has it 
Cs. Polk, but does not state in what form it stands 
on the picture in the Corcoran gallery. 

Mr. de Vries's picture bears the name C. Polk. 

If the other data should be found to be satisfactory, 
this confusion of names and place of residence would 
prove to be no serious objection to the claim of the De 
Vries portrait as an original. Favorable results from 
the investigation of the historic event, on account 
of which the portrait was presented by President 
Washington to Mr. Claas Taan, are necessary to cor- 
roborate the above testimony. This subject is at 
present engaging the interested attention of the 
Maryland Historical Society. Mr. Browne, librarian 
of the Johns Hopkins University, writes that " there 
is no doubt but that Baltimore was virtually block- 
aded by the English cruisers, and the distress of the 
inhabitants arose from the want of such things as 
could only be procured from Europe, and not from 



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the need of food, since they had the whole South and 
West from which to draw supplies." 

In the family of Mr. de Vries it was always under- 
stood that an autograph letter of Washington's 
accompanied the gift of the portrait to their ances- 
tor, and that this, together with other important 
documents, was lost at the time Napoleon's army 
took possession of the Netherlands. It is positively 
known that Mr. Claas Taan was a property-holder in 
or near Baltimore. Twenty thousand gulden were 
paid to Mr. de Vries's family as proceeds of the sale 
of some portion of this estate, many years after the 
close of the Revolutionary War. A record of this 
transaction should be easily ascertained. 

Does a diary of Washington cover the year 
1793? 

Has the family of Mr. Polk, or of Peale, the 
artist, any letters referring to this interesting trans- 
action 1 

Is there authority for the statement, made by a 
lecturer (Mrs. van Helden) on " Art in Holland," that 
the Hollanders loaned the American Congress four- 
teen million dollars in aid of our Revolution ? * If 
this be true let us cite it with this act of Claas Taan, 
whenever we refer with gratitude to Kosciusko, 
Pulaski, Von Steuben, and Lafayette. 

On the 4th of July, 1876, Mr. de Vries prepared a 

* In reply to an inquiry the writer received the following : 

No. 413 Locust Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa., March 6, 1889. 

Rev. J. Howard Suydam, D. D., New-York Citt. 

Rev. and Dear Sir : Some time ago you asked of my wife the autho- 
rity for her statement in a public lecture, " that a large loan was made 
by Holland to the American People during the War of the Revolution." 
She was not able at the time to collect for you any definite proofs. 
These proofs, after a long and tedious search, it is now my pleasure 
to present to you. 

The fact known to every student of history in Holland, but (premedi- 
tatedly or inadvertently ?) omitted by American historians, is officially 



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banquet in honor of the centennial of the Declaration 
of American Independence, to which Mr. James 
Birney and the Consul-General of the United States 
for Holland were invited. This portrait of Washing- 
ton, appropriately draped with the American colors, 
was placed in the position of honor at the table ; and 
under this inspiration the appreciative host and his 
friends expected to grow eloquent in their eulogium 
of the republic which Washington so greatly aided 
to establish, but unexpected family circumstances 
compelled its abandonment. 

Investigation thus far leads to high probability 
that this is an uncatalogued original portrait of 
Washington. The writer submits this cumulative 
evidence : First, it has been in Mr. de Vries's family 
from the year 1793, the year in which it was painted. 
Second, it bears the name of an artist known to have 
painted original portraits of Washington. Third, 
one portrait painted by him is not accounted for. 
Fourth, it bears evidence of having been painted at 
the alleged time, in the canvas, the frame, and the 
artist's name. Fifth, the memorable service rendered 
our country by Claas Taan has ever been cherished 
with pride by his descendants. 

In the opinion of the writer, investigation will 
confirm the claim of the u De Vries Portrait" of 
Washington as original ; at the same time it will do 
tardy honor to a deserving friend of America, whom 
history seems to have forgotten. 

stated in the report of the Tenth Census (1880), where in vol. vii, pp. 
396-401, the twelve Holland Loans, aggregating 32,500,000 florins, or 
13,000,000 dollars, are specified. On some of these loans no interest 
was paid for several years (see among others "Diplomatic Correspon- 
dence," vol. xii, p. 494), which unpaid interest added to the principal 
make up the $14,000,000 alluded to by my wife in her lecture on " Hol- 
land, its People, and its Art." The last instalment of these loans, 
amounting to 600,000 florins or $240,000, was paid off in the year 1809. 
It will interest you to know that the old banking firm of Willinck at 
Amsterdam, with which most of the said loans were negotiated, is still 
extant. I am, Rev. and Dear Sir, 

Very truly yours, 

Adrian van Helden. 



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After this pleasant reception, the American visit- 
ors were driven to the hospital for invalid and 
superannuated East Indian soldiers. An English- 
speaking guide was placed at their disposal, who 
explained the various objects of interest. 

Everything here suggested the colonial posses- 
sions of the Netherlands, which were far more exten- 
sive in former years than now. Holland was a 
formidable rival of England when she held New 
Amsterdam, a large portion of Brazil, and islands 
in the West Indies. Even now, she is the second 
colonial power in Europe and holds under her sway 
the islands of Java, Sumatra, a large portion of 
Borneo, territory in the Trans- Vaal, and Dutch 
Guiana. The demands of these dependencies furnish 
an explanation of the comparatively little intercourse 
between Holland and the United States. 

This hospital building was a gift from the present 
king. It was at one time the residence of the Prince 
de Chambord. Its ample endowment and complete 
appointments are not only suggestive of Holland's 
great though diminished territory, but are also proof 
of the tender concern of the Government for her 
veteran soldiery. 

The Castle of Rosendaal, in the environs of Arn- 
hem, is of great interest to the traveler. It dates 
back to the VIHth Century, and is still surrounded 
by a moat across which are the romantic ruins on an 
ancient Italian garden. 

Its owner and occupant is the Baron Pallandt, who 
kindly extended to us an invitation to visit him. 
He gave us a cordial greeting, and personally con- 
ducted us through the ancient building and explained 
the special objects of interest. 



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This was once the residence of the Duke of Guel- 
der ; whose remarkable statues we had already seen 
in the old cathedral in the city. One of these, 
cut in marble, is in a recumbent posture ; and the 
other, in bronze, mounted high against a pillar and 
sitting in a chair, is clad in the chain armor which 
he wore in life. 

We were led through tortuous passages and up 
and down winding stairways, until we descended 
into a dungeon four by eight feet in dimensions. It 
was almost entirely dark, and contained only a nar- 
row wooden bench. In this dungeon this same 
Duke of Guelder had kept his brother imprisoned 
for three long years ! What reflections were aroused 
at the thought of those feudal days, of the cruel 
suffering below in contrast with the revelings in the 
spacious halls above ! 

The walls of this castle are fifteen feet in thick- 
ness. The love for the antique had induced the 
present baron, at great expense, to preserve and col- 
lect a most valuable museum. 

As a memento of our visit he presented The 
Holland Society of New-York with an ancient drink- 
ing-cup, found some years ago in the moat. 

Upon examining the badge of our Society, he said, 
to our surprise, that he possessed an original in gold. 
We afterwards found another in the museum at 
Middelburg. 

The record of our visit to Arnhem would not be 
complete if we should fail to mention the great wine- 
house of the Messieurs Hasselink, with which is con- 
nected an interesting private museum. 

This building was once a part of the old Court of 
Guelder. It was subsequently called the "Alva 
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Hall," because that infamous duke once resided here, 
As the house deals exclusively in Spanish and Port- 
uguese wines, so the museum contains only curiosities 
gathered from those countries. 

We were hospitably entertained with a unique 
luncheon amid these quaint surrounding's. 

At Arnhem is a school called " Yelporploin," where 
hoys are taught mechanical trades. As in Leeuwarden 
we found an old ladies' home dating from 1711, so 
here we discovered the original Cooper Institute and 
the Williamson Free School for Mechanical Arts. 

After a drive over the hills and through the clean, 
cultivated forests, we returned to the city and partook 
o( a princely banquet. 

Witty and patriotic speeches were made by our 
hosts. Mr. Menzo van Voorhis made reply in behalf 
of the guests. Among other things he said: "That 
the spontaneous expressions of welcome everywhere 
received by the representatives of The Holland 
Society had rilled them with wonder and gratitude; 
that they had been taken to the homes and hearts of 
the people, as if they were near kindred returned 
after a long absence; and that he regarded this 
hearty demonstration as conveying a meaning not 
limited to our Society, but as having special refer- 
ence to the great country which they represented." 

Although the day had been so crowded with mat- 
ters of interest, and the time had extended far into 
the evening, there Avas still more in reserve for us. 
It had been thoughtfully prearranged by the Society 
representing Arnhem, that we should attend one of 
their famous garden concerts, under the most favor- 
able auspices. Carriages were provided, and we were 
rapidly driven to a music garden in the suburbs and 
distant about two miles. 



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When we arrived, we found an immense amphi- 
theater, rising gradually from a little lake, in which 
were seated thousands of people listening to the 
music from the band in a pavilion across the water. 
As soon as the Americans appeared under the escort 
of their hosts, the programme was changed, and one 
of our national airs was rendered ; while the whole 
vast assembly arose in complimentary acknow- 
ledgment. 

It was remarkable to a degree, and should be spec- 
ially emphasized, that the bands of music in every 
place visited took special pains to honor our country 
by performing our national airs. 

Our pleasure here was enhanced by the beauty of 
the scene. The torches shining through the forest 
trees, the gaily dressed company, the little lake be- 
neath, with a flock of white swans swimming to and 
fro in the reflected lights, added romance to the music. 

Our coaches had been dismissed. It was deter- 
mined to return to the city by tramway. A gentle- 
man, passing in his private carriage, recognized us 
by our badges, as we stood beneath the street lamps. 
Leaving his family at his villa, near at hand, he 
quickly returned and kindly placed his coach and 
servants at our service. "We were then driven to the 
principal club-house of the city, where the hospital- 
ities of the day were concluded. The names of those 
of our hosts which we are able to decipher from their 
peculiar chirography are as follows : Mr. J. Everts 
B. Hzn; W. F. Hassclink, vice-consul de Espana; 
Mr. A. C. von Daalen ; K. D. Punt, First Lieutenant 
der Rydende Artillerie ; M. A. Sipman of the " Arn- 
hem Courant." They have since forwarded to our 
Society a beautiful copy of a " Guide for Arnhem and 
its Environs " containing their autographs. They were 



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promptly at the station the next morning, and bade 
their guests a Grod-speed. Two issues of the " Arn- 
hem Courant" devoted considerable space to the 
visit of the Americans. 



UTKECHT. 

IT was a cause of sincere regret to the members of 
The Holland Society that, through a misunder- 
standing, they were unable to visit Utrecht at the 
time fixed by the city authorities. It was intended 
to extend to them a welcome as hearty as those 
received in other places. We were told that the 
Burgomaster and Council had assembled in the Town 
Hall, that the music was in position, that the carri- 
ages were in readiness for the guests, that the ban- 
quet had been ordered, that the line of procession 
was gorgeous with flags, that all business was prac- 
tically suspended, and that the people had gathered 
in the streets. It was nearly noonday when the in- 
telligence was received that we had gone to Alkmaar. 

If there was a momentary feeling that due regard 
was not paid to their generous intentions, the expla- 
nation entirely exonerated the management of the 
Society from neglect, indifference, or the least want 
of courtesy. 

The four gentlemen who up to this time had rep- 
resented the Society in Leeuwarden, Sneek, Gron- 
ingen, and Arnhem, were reenforced at Utrecht, by 
the arrival of the Secretary and the Messrs. Van 
Norden from Amsterdam. 

Here we were the special guests of Mr. de Wilde, 
a leading notary of the city. He was brother-in-law 



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to the late celebrated Professor Van Osterzee, whose 
services the General Synod of the Reformed Church 
in America sought to secure as a theological teacher 
in the seminary at New Brunswick. 

"We were conducted to the principal points of in- 
terest in this ancient city, which abounds in historic 
associations. The great church, the art galleries, the 
museum, and the University received our earnest at- 
tention. The Hall of the Seven Provinces deserves 
separate mention. There was enough here to inspire 
the most sluggish nature with enthusiasm. In this 
room was formed the Union of the Provinces, which 
was never broken until after nearly three generations 
the people of Holland succeeded in casting off the 
galling yoke of Spain. It is confidently asserted 
that here was found the germ and the model of our 
own United States of America ! 

The luncheon at the residence of Mr. de Wilde, in 
company with his interesting family, including rep- 
resentatives of the Army and Navy, is photo- 
graphed on the memory, and furnishes one of the 
most pleasing pictures in the retrospect of our visit 
to the Netherlands. 

A drive through the surburban villages for miles 
in the shade of overarching elms, with swift horses 
on a perfect road, terminated at the settlement of a 
peculiar people who were called " Heerenhutters." 
These form a community very closely resembling 
the Shakers in America. The peculiar head-dress of 
the women indicates their state, — whether single, 
married, or widowed. There is also a distinctive 
dress which proclaims a woman as unmarried, and 
not to be sought after ! The wife is selected for a 
man by an official committee. 



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The day in Utrecht closed by a visit to the most 
famous establishment of silver-work in Holland; 
Mr. C. J. Begeer is proprietor. We watched with 
interest the busy operatives, as they were casting, 
cutting, ornamenting, and polishing the magnificent 
set of many massive pieces of silver, to be presented 
by King William to his daughter, the princess, on her 
approaching birthday. 

We were surprised and delighted also to receive 
for each lady and gentleman visiting Holland, a 
beautiful bronze medal, which had been designed 
and engraved as a special memento of the event, 
by this establishment. 





MIDDELBUEG. 

THE Secretary departed for Amsterdam, to re- 
turn to America on the following day. At the 
same time, the other members of the Society, now 
six in number, took the train going in the opposite 
direction, for Middelburg. This is the principal 
city of Zeeland the southernmost province of the 
Netherlands. 

We arrived here a day sooner than was expected. 
By some means, however, it became known, and the 
Secretary of the city immediately called and made 



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arrangements for our visit. The American flag, 
loaned by the American consul, Mr. Smidt, of 
Flushing, was raised over the hotel, where we were 
the subjects of much curiosity. 

Middelburg once contained a population of 70,000, 
but it has now diminished to 16,000 inhabitants. Of 
these, but 1600 are Romanists ; nearly all the others 
are members of the Reformed Dutch Church. As in 
the other cities throughout Holland, the churches 
here are Collegiate. The ministers alternate their 
preaching services ; but each pastor has his peculiar 
parish work. 

As in Hoorn, Leeuwarden, and other cities of the 
Netherlands, so at Middelburg, there are many who 
live in dignified retirement, upon the income of capi- 
tal secured by former generations. The buildings 
being too numerous for the reduced numbers of the 
population, many of them have been demolished, so 
as to furnish ample space for the beautiful gardens 
which abound in the city. Here Jacob Cats, one 
of Holland's greatest poets, had his home from 
1603 to 1623, as indicated upon the tablet on his 
dwelling. 

The municipal museum here has a peculiar in- 
terest. Mr. Q. N. de Stoppelaar, one of our generous 
hosts, has at his own expense erected a beautiful 
building, and arranged it for the interesting collec- 
tion of antiquities and curiosities, already very large, 
and rapidly increasing. The elegant volume pub- 
lished for private circulation, a copy of which was 
presented to The Holland Society, is at once a proof 
of his artistic and literary taste, as well as an indica- 
tion of the wealth of the museum, of which he is the 
liberal patron. 



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Here we found an original gold " Beggar's badge," 
like the one owned by Baron Palandt van Rosendaal, 
and also one in silver. Both contain the same de- 
vice ; the one in gold is the size of that now worn 
by the members of our Holland Society ; while the 
one in silver is much larger. Neither of them have 
the cups or the flagon attached. 

In this museum, also, is the original trumpet, 
through which De Ruyter thundered his commands 
to his ever-victorious fleet. And still more sug- 
gestive was the sight of the first telescope, invented 
by Jansen. The Americans had found so many 
" first things " during their journey, that they were 
led to ask whether everything in the scientific world 
did not originate in Holland 1 

We partook of a midday breakfast at the club- 
house, where the Rev. Dr. Zynen, a leading clergy- 
man of the city, who adds to his clerical duties the 
office of President of the Zeelandian Society of 
Sciences, read the following address : 

" Gentlemen : In our city of Middelburg have we 
the honor to bid welcome to some members of The 
Holland Society of New York. This is but a small 
town, not to compare with towns in America or 
elsewhere. 

"Wherefore we are glad that Middelburg has so 
great signification in the eyes of the travelers that 
they found it worthy to pay a visit to this place. 
Therefore will I propose to drink to the health and 
the farther good journey of the travelers to the 
Fatherland from great America." 

After visiting other prominent objects of interest 
in the city, and notably the Town Hall, which is the 



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most beautiful of its kind in Holland, and which 
furnished the model for the one at Antwerp, the 
company were then driven to Flushing, where they 
were the guests of Mi*. R. P. Smidt, the American 
consul. Mr. Smidt had caused a new American flag 
to be made, which was raised over his residence for 
the first time in honor of our visit. 

Consul Smidt possesses a private museum of great 
value and rare beauty. We here visited the Pilot 
Club-House ; and saw the magnificent statue of the 
great naval commander De Ruyter: Flushing was 
his birthplace, and they cherish his memory with 
pride. 

At the banquet in the evening at the Hotel 
Doelen, there were present the following gentle- 
men : Deputy Burgomaster F. Ermerrius, J. W. de 
Raad, secretary of the city ; W. Polman Kruseman ; 
M. Fokker ; Dr. J. C. de Man; Dr. J. P. Perdennis van 
Berlekom ; Henry Tak ; Gr. N. de Stoppelaar ; J. A. 
Frederiks ; the Rev. Dr. Sibmacher Zynen ; R. P. 
Smidt, American consul at Flushing. 

The company was soon en rapport. All the Hol- 
landers spoke the English language. The " Middel- 
burg Courant " of the date, as well as the menu, in 
honor of our Society were printed on orange colored 
paper. The enterprise of the proprietor was dis- 
played in publishing the day's proceedings and fur- 
nishing a copy to each guest while at dinner in the 
early evening. A proper acknowledgment of this 
courtesy was signed by all present and forwarded to 
the editor. The Deputy Burgomaster made a speech 
of welcome, in which he expressed his regret that 
" Volapuk " had not become general. He, however, 
did not need it on this occasion. 
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John H. Voorhees, Esq., of Washington, made the 
following reply : 

"I thank you, gentlemen, most heartily in the 
name of The Holland Society, for the courtesies 
extended to us both on this and other occasions dur- 
ing our visit to our and your fatherland. Our visit 
has been full of surprises — most delightful sur- 
prises. 

" We were not unfamiliar with your history. Our 
Motley has recalled and painted in lively and endur- 
ing colors the record of that marvelous struggle for 
civil and religious liberty in which the grand figure 
of William the Silent stands out in bold relief, and 
which recalls two other grand figures, those of Wash- 
ington and Lincoln, a trio inseparably connected in 
the history of the great battle for human rights. 

" We knew, too, something of the no less marvel- 
ous and ceaseless battle which you as a people have 
maintained against the powers of the sea, driving 
back old ocean, saying, ' Thus far and no further,' 
erecting Titanic battlements to resist his assaults, 
redeeming from his grasp whole provinces, and 
clothing his oozy bed with fertile fields of waving 
grain. 

" We knew, too, something of the creations of your 
painters, whose canvas glows with the light of genius, 
whether depicting sacred and classic story or domes- 
tic life; but our conceptions were of an ideal and 
dreamy character until we trod your streets and 
gazed upon your public buildings and edifices, every 
stone of which is eloquent with memories of scenes 
enacted in the olden time, and consecrated by the 
blood of your martyrs to freedom. 



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" But one thing we did not know ; it is the charm 
of your home life, the lessons of the hearth and the 
family altar, and when you took us by the hand we 
felt a warmer glow in our veins ; when you intro- 
duced us to your firesides we felt the secret of the 
influence of Dutch civilization and colonization. It 
is the education of the home, the Bible in the house, 
the mother teaching the deference to age and paren- 
tal authority. 

" There is a stream in the ocean which is warmer 
than the surrounding waters. It rises in the sunny 
regions of the South. It melts the iceberg in its 
course, and the winds which sweep over it impart 
new life and beauty and a more vigorous vegetation 
to every land which feels their balmy influence. 
There is also a stream in the ocean of humanity. It 
is warmer and more life-giving than surrounding 
nationalities. It rises in our and your fatherland 
and motherland. It is warmed by the domestic 
virtues of your homes. It is purified and invigor- 
ated by the traditions of your history and the proud 
memories of your ancestry, by the perseverance and 
integrity of your character. This stream broke upon 
the New World, and a new Amsterdam rose to greet 
her mother, and from the principles then and there 
planted have sprung a free school, and a free press, 
and a free pulpit, and a free ballot, and the tree of 
knowledge, whose leaves are for the healing of the na- 
tions. We rejoice to meet our kin beyond the sea, and 
to feel, as we do feel, that blood is thicker than water ; 
and that we have a common inheritance with you in 
the glory, the traditions, and the history of Holland. 

"Gentlemen, it is the influence of Holland upon 
civilization that is her proudest glory. The fame of 



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lier painters and jurists and statesmen, and the 
learning of Leyden, will live when the triumphs of 
Van Tromp and De Ruyter are forgotten. 

" Though from thy unsceptered hands shall pass away 
The pomp and vast dominion of the sea, 
Still shalt thou reign ; nor shall the loss of these 
Enroll thee with earth's dead sovereignties, 
Not these thine empire, but the human soul, 
And they thy kings, thy nobles, who control 
In that dread realm where bends no servile knee. 



" Let me give you, gentlemen, 

" The mothers and daughters of Holland." 

A toast was also given " To the Princess " by one 
of the gentlemen of Middelburg, at the latter end of 
the feast. The consul, who is a native Hollander, 
was asked if this was in accord with recognized eti- 
quette. " Oh, yes," he replied, " in Holland — ours is 
a free country." A photograph of the princess was 
presented to each one of the guests. 

On Sunday we attended church where the services 
are conducted in the English language. They are held 
in an ancient building which was in use when the 
people were Eoman Catholics, and previous to the 
Protestant Reformation. It is Collegiate, with the 
church at Flushing. 

These churches were established and fostered by 
Queen Elizabeth for her troops, when aiding the 
Hollanders in the war against Spain. They were of 
peculiar interest to some of our company, since Dr. 
Archibald Laidlie was called from his pastorate over 
them to be the first English-speaking preacher in the 



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Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in New- York. 
The building erected for him stood until quite re- 
cently on the corner of William and Fulton streets. 
At the close of the service, the organist performed 
several American national airs in an admirable 
manner. The minister and members of the con- 
sistory also recognized our visit by ordering a 
record of the incident to be placed upon the official 
minutes. 

The day was warm, and the atmosphere dreamy as 
that at Sorrento. After writing letters to those 
across the sea, with thoughts still dwelling upon 
them, we strolled through the clean, quiet streets, 
and when beneath its shadow, the sweet chimes of 
the bells in the tower of the great church broke 
forth into the strain of "Home, Sweet Home," 
our emotions, already stirred, were, as may be 
supposed, greatly intensified. 



ANTWERP. 

IT was reasonable to conclude that our visits were 
now ended, since we had reached the southern limit 
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Imagine our 
surprise when we were informed that a dispatch had 
been received by our Secretary, Mr. Van Siclen, in 
Amsterdam from The Holland Society of Antwerp, 
inviting us to be their guests. The dispatch was 
followed by a special messenger, who traced us to 
Middelburg, and thence to Flushing, and finally 
found us at a seaside hotel in the suburbs. He 
urged us so earnestly to visit Antwerp that we 
changed the plans already formed and consented. 



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Mr. Bisdom, the president of The Holland Society 
of Antwerp, called upon us at the hotel, immedi- 
ately upon our arrival in that city. 

Here we were joined by Mr. Peyton Miller, a fel- 
low-member of our Society, from Albany. The Eev. 
Dr. Isaac S. Hartley, a prominent clergyman, and 
pastor of the Reformed Church of Utica, N. Y., was 
invited to be our guest. He courteously accepted, and 
shared with us the honors and hospitalities tendered. 

Under the escort of President Bisdom, we first 
visited the pleasant rooms of their Society. Quite 
a company of gentlemen had gathered there to re- 
ceive us. Behind a screen of plants a band of music 
extended a welcome with the air of the " Star- 
Spangled Banner." In his address, the president 
alluded in happy terms to our Society, and to our 
blood relationship. He expressed their appreciation 
of the constitution of the Government of the United 
States, and referred to the growth and prosperity of 
our country in terms which indicated unusual intel- 
ligence in these matters. Mr. Warner Van Norden 
made reply as follows : 

" Mr. President of The Holland Society, and Friends : 

" It is with profound pleasure that we stand here 
to-day as representatives of The Holland Society of 
my native city of New- York, and tender greeting from 
the metropolis of America to this great commercial 
city on the continent of Europe. 

" The very existence of our prosperous city is a 
monument to the wisdom and foresight of our an- 
cestors and yours. And the civil and religious 



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liberty it now enjoys, the broad commercial and 
patriotic spirit of its people, and its reputation for 
integrity and fair dealing, are an inheritance from 
onr Dutch forefathers. 

" One of our own poets has said that a man's edu- 
cation begins a hundred years before he is born. We 
rejoice in our birthright as Americans, but we real- 
ize that our education was begun not on the western 
continent, but on the shores of Holland, and in a 
time of war and persecution ; it was begun in a time 
of trial and suffering, and through these of victory. 
We delight this afternoon in claiming the privileges 
of kinship. We speak a different language, but we 
are of the same blood as yourselves. You dwell in 
the fatherland ; we inhabit a greater Holland beyond 
the sea. We bear different names, but we are one in 
ancestry, one in aspirations, one in that blood and 
catholic spirit which has ever been a characteristic of 
the Hollander, and which is combining all nations in 
those works of practical benefit to the race in which 
the Netherlands and the United States stand foremost. 

" Thicker than water in one rill 
Through centuries of story, 
Our Saxon blood has flowed, and still 
We share with you its good and ill, 
Its shadow and its glory ! 

" We thank you for this cordial reception, a con- 
tinuation of the generous hospitality which has 
greeted us everywhere in the Netherlands. We re- 
joice in your prosperity, and in reciprocating your 
kindly good wishes, we utter no exaggeration when 
we say that love and admiration for the Netherlands 



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and its noble people fill the warmest corner in the 
American heart." 

After refreshments we made a rapid drive through 
the city, when we took a special steamer for an ex- 
cursion on the Scheldt Eiver. Mr. Van Maanen, the 
president of the steamboat company, accompanied 
us ; it was the same company which had furnished 
the one for our Society at Eotterdam. The arrange- 
ments were on the liberal scale for the six, as they 
were for the fifty members of the Society, who visited 
Brielle and Dordrecht. A full band of music at- 
tended us; two American flags floated from the 
masts, and a table was spread with the usual variety 
of viands. We passed the shipping, and the admir- 
able wharves of the city, and then steamed up the 
river to the town of Brooklyn, and thence to Ho- 
boken. These familiar names recalled our homes 
across the sea. Upon our return to the city we were 
greeted by scores of American flags, which during 
our brief absence had been run up the rigging of the 
ships and the staffs on the public buildings. 

Of course, we visited the famous cathederal, and 
enjoyed a view of the magnificent works of art there 
exhibited, including the " Elevation " and " Descent " 
from the Cross, and the "Ascension," by Rubens. 
We also availed ourselves of a favored opportunity 
to visit the gallery so rich in the chief works of the 
old masters, and the triennial exhibition of modern 
art, under the intelligent escort of the well-known 
artist, Mr. E. W. Boks. 

The following account of our visit as published in 
an Antwerp journal, and translated by Mr. Ittman, of 
Brussels, will be of more interest than the monotone 
of our own narrative : 



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The Holland Society at Antwerp. 

As we have already communicated, the members of The 
Holland Society of New- York were received by the Hol- 
landsche Club at 1 o'clock. The foreign visitors were, viz. : 
Messrs. Van Norden and son, the bankers; the Rev. J. 
Howard Suydam, and the Rev. Isaac S. Hartley of N. Y. ; 
John H. Voorhees, lawyer at Washington, and Peyton 
Miller, from Albany. These gentlemen with the exception 
of Mr. Hartley descended by the masculine branch from 
Dutchmen who in 1613 built the town of New Amsterdam, 
now known as New- York. Mr. Hartley's Dutch descent 
was on his mother's side, whose name was Wiltsie. None 
of these gentlemen know the Dutch language. But, though 
having been estranged from the native tongue of their an- 
cient cousins, their hearts still beat warmly for the olden 
country. One may, speaking as a reporter of a newspaper, 
be wearied with after-dinner speeches and allocutions of 
welcome ; however, we must sincerely confess that we could 
not hear these descendants of our ancient compatriots 
praise heartily the olden country without feeling a real 
emotion,— that olden country, we say,— the glory of which 
they exalted, proud of being the sons of a race that pro- 
duced the heroes of the Flemish community, and of the war 
against Spain,— the race excelling in trade, industry, and 
art at Antwerp and in the Netherlands. 

The excursion on the Scheldt terminated well. Mr. Van 
Maanan would by all means convey his guests stream up- 
wards till Hoboken. One knows that one of the suburbs of 
New- York bears the same name, probably imported over 
the ocean. 

After dinner in the " Rocher de Cancale," at which assisted 
the American gentlemen, some members of the Hollandsche 
Club, and some citizens of Antwerp, the party rode to the 
Palace of Industry, where they arrived amidst a concert, 
and where they were received by the American and Dutch 
national hymns, and welcomed by the directors of the Society 
and the enthusiasm of the people. This morning at eleven 
o'clock there was a reception at the Town Hall, by the 
Mayor, who spoke in his easy, hearty way we are accus- 
tomed to. Two of the gentlemen made answer to the Mayor. 
They expressed their admiration for the beautiful city of 
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which he is the first citizen, and they hoped that Antwerp 
might continue to be prosperous, and that her trade with 
America might always increase in importance. 

We can only hint at the words spoken by these gentle- 
men on different occasions. They all possess in a masterly 
way the gift of eloquence. They speak calmly, with feeling, 
and in choice language. They are all men of ripe years, of 
strongly built stature, worthy of the powerful forms of the 
ancient Dutch. They bear on their breasts the antique 
medal of the Gueux, with the joined hands over the beggar's 
pouch. With the inscription 

Fideles au roy jusques a la besace. 
(Faithful to the King, till the beggar's pouch.) 

The effigy on the other side of the medal is that of King 
Philip II. In later years this cry became a cruel scoff, by 
which they no more asked, but required their good rights 
with sword in hand. The reception at the Mayor's finished, 
the Town Hall was visited. Afterwards the guests and their 
guides went to the Museum Plantin Moretus, all the details 
of which they examined with the greatest attention, writing, 
before leaving, their names on a page of " The Golden 
Book." In the afternoon they went to the museum of pic- 
tures and the triennial art exhibition. In Antwerp, the last 
of the American-Dutchmen separated. Two of them are to 
travel in Europe, and the others to return to America. 

We wish them a most happy voyage. 

We cannot conclude without a word of praise for 
the Hollandsche Club, and especially for its chair- 
man, Mr. Bisdom. The members of that association, 
never permit any occasion to pass without repre- 
senting the dignity of their native country. Their 
hospitality is hearty and unrestrained. To Mr. 
Van Maanen — that popular sea captain, the living 
link between North and South — we give our most 
hearty thanks for all he did to uphold the honor 
of Antwerp. 

The Plantin House was of special interest. A 
complete description of this ancient mansion is pub- 



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lished in one of the early numbers of " The Century- 
Magazine " for the year 1888, under the title of " A 
Printer's Paradise." We were invited to enter our 
names beneath an appropriate introduction in what 
is distinguished as the "Golden Book." "We here 
saw a copy of the first Bible and of the first news- 
paper ever published. We closed the day at the 
club-house, the front of which was brilliantly illu- 
minated. Here we had the honor of an introduc- 
tion to the President of the Ancient Society of 
Beggars. We received a message from the Presi- 
dent of the Musical Association, inviting us to the 
"Garden of Harmony" for Wednesday evening, 
which would be illuminated in honor of our Society. 
Our reception by the Burgomaster was exceedingly 
cordial. His address, partly in English and partly 
in the French language, flowed from his lips like liquid 
music. His handsome face and grace of manner en- 
hanced the effect. Drs. Suydam and Hartley made 
reply. We entertained a few of the committee at 
luncheon, when it was gravely proposed that mem- 
bers of The Holland Society of New- York should 
unite with The Holland Society of Antwerp and 
make a visit to the Trans- Vaal in Africa. 



BKUSSELS. 

SURELY this is the end ! Not so. A gentleman 
on the street-car, discovering that we were mem- 
bers of The Holland Society of New- York, requested 
an introduction. He informed us that he was a 
member of the Dutch Club at Brussels, and invited 
us to be his guests in that city. 



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Mr. Ittman, our host, said that he had received too 
much kindness from Americans while visiting our 
country, to fail to do his utmost by way of return, as 
opportunity might be presented. He gave us a royal 
banquet at the Restaurant des tous Provenceaux. At 
a concert given by the opera company in the even- 
ing, we were joined by the ladies of his family. 

The next morning he accompanied us to the old 
and new galleries of art, the Palais de Justice, the 
King's palace, etc. Of special interest to us was the 
old residence of the Count of Egmont, famous in the 
Spanish wars. It is now occupied by the family of 
the Duke of Arenberg, who claims equal standing 
with the royal house of Belgium. Our interest 
increased as we saw near-by the building erected 
on the site of the one destroyed by order of the 
Duke of Alva, because there the feast was held, 
upon which occasion the " Society of Beggars" was 
formed. On the f acade was a tablet containing these 
words : " Here was erected the Palace of Cullenburg, 
where was held, April 6, 1566, the Banquet of the 
Beggars. The Council of Blood caused to raze the 
building in 1568, to scandalize the defendants of 
liberty of conscience ! " Beneath it was a facsimile 
of the side of our badge containing the Beggars' sack 
and the inscription, 

Jusque a porter la besace. 

Napoleon's glorious career culminated in bloody 
fray and defeat at Waterloo. It was at Waterloo, 
where, standing on the summit of the mound erected 
to the memory of the wounded Prince of Orange, the 
last members representing The Holland Society bade 



169 

farewell to each other. Their career had ended with 
glory undimmed. The last evening was spent by 
one of the members at the beautiful rural home of 
Mr. Ittman, to whom our Society is indebted for his 
self-sacrificing efforts to do it honor. 

HOMEWAKD. 

The members of The Holland Society and their 
guests who returned to America by the steamer 
Rotterdam, leaving the city of Rotterdam on the 1st, 
and arriving in New- York on the 13th of September, 
were as follows : 

Hon. Edw. Elsworth. Mr. Frank Hasbrouck. 

Miss May Elsworth. Rev. J. Elmendorf, D. D. 

Mr. Eugene Elsworth. Mrs. J. Elmendorp. 

Dr. John Van Duyn. Mr. Menzo Van Voorhis. 

Mrs. Dr. John Van Duyn. Mr. W. H. Vredenbergh 

Mr. Peter v. Fort. and son. 

Mr. James A. Van Voast. Hon. L. L. Van Allen. 

Mr. Robert A. Van Wijck. Miss Agnes Van Allen. 

Mr. Jas. H. Blauvelt. Mr. Geo. H. Howard. 

Mr. Harry R. Blauvelt. Mr. Lee W. Case. 

Rev. J. Howard Suydam, D.D. Rev. Henry Van Duke, D. D. 

Mr. H. B. Gates. Mrs. Henry Van Duke. 

Miss Gates. 

The following testimonial was heartily signed by 
every member of the Society: 

At Sea, off Cape Cod, September 12, 1888. 

The undersigned members of The Holland Society of New- 
York, returning to America on the S. S. Rotterdam, heartily 
unite in certifying to the staunch and seaworthy character 
of the noble steamship on which we are sailing ; and also to 
the competency, faithfulness, and courtesy of Captain Van 
Der Zee and the officers under his command, to whom we 



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tender our sincere thanks for their kindness and attention 
to us on our voyage homeward. And as we near the end of 
this memorable trip on sea and land, we wish again to 
express to the officers and managers of the Netherlands- 
American S. S. Navigation Co. our high appreciation of 
their generous provision for our comfort and pleasure while 
embarked on our ocean voyage. 

Resolutions offered by Mr. Frank Hasbrouck were 
also enthusiastically passed by the whole company. 

At a meeting of the members of The Holland Society, 
held on board the steamer Rotterdam, in New- York harbor, 
on the 13th day of September, 1888, it was resolved : 

That in view of the magnificent reception of the repre- 
sentatives of The Holland Society by their brothers in 
Holland, of the unprecedented enthusiasm and royal treat- 
ment shown them on their visit, it is fitting that an expres- 
sion of appreciation of the efforts of the originator, director, 
and executive head of the excursion should be recorded 
and conveyed to him, 

It was resolved ; that the thanks of all the participants 
in The Holland Society excursion are due and are hereby 
heartily tendered to Geo. W. Van Siclen, Esq., Secretary, for 
proposing the excursion, for arranging all details, for con- 
ducting a large party successfully through many most pleas- 
ant experiences, and for unselfishly devoting all his time 
and energies during the entire trip to the promotion of the 
comfort and happiness of all the members of the Society. 

With the delightful memories of our visit to the 
fatherland, the pleasant associations with our hosts 
and with each other, and our thanks for the distin- 
guished favors conferred, we would especially record 
our gratitude to God, by whose benignant providence 
we made our voyage without accident or serious ill- 
ness. 

The historian cannot better close his narrative 
than by transcribing the valedictory issued by our 
Secretary on our departure from the country. 





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Valedictory of the Members of The Holland Society of 
New- York on their departure from the Netherlands. 
(Inserted in the leading newspapers of Holland.) 

To the Editor. Amsterdam, Aug. 25, 1888. 

Bear Sir : The reception accorded us, as members of The 
Holland Society of New- York, on the occasion of our visit 
to the Netherlands, was so affecting and remarkable that 
we wish most earnestly to express — by means of your 
esteemed organ — our sincere thanks : In the first place, 
to the Honorable Burgomasters and Committees of Recep- 
tion at Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Leyden, 
Delft, Dordrecht, Hoorn, Alkmaar, Leeuwarden, Sneek, 
Groningen, Arnhem, Middelburg, Brielle, and Marken; to 
the Society Natura Artis Magistra; to the Agricultural 
Society of the District Alkmaar; to Chevalier van For- 
eest, at Heilo; to Honorable Levyssohn Norman, at The 
Hague; and to the well organized Netherlands-American 
Steam Navigation Company ; and also to the people of the 
Netherlands, a number of whom showed us great hospitality. 
Others would undoubtedly have followed their example, had 
not the time at our disposal been so limited. 

In a word, we offer our most hearty thanks for the hos- 
pitality shown us everywhere ; for the brotherly friendship 
to be read in the eyes of every one, and expressed in the 
hand-shakings on all sides. Indeed, we feel overcome by 
these many tokens of kindness, and our hearts are deeply 
touched by the demonstrations of welcome especially pre- 
pared for us. 

Our Society was founded on the sincere love we bore to 
Holland, which has been kept alive since 1 675, not only by the 
names we bear, but also by the throbbing of the blood in our 
veins. It was that feeling which impelled us to make this 
excursion to the land of our ancestors. 

Never can we forget the friendship shown us ; and it is 
our ardent wish that we also may be remembered by you. 

At the close of our too short a visit, we bid a last farewell 
to this classic soil of free thought. 

The Holland Society of New- York. 

For all the members : 

Geo. "W. Van Siclen, Secretary. 

THE END. 



172 

The "History of Kingston and Its Vicinity," by 
Hon. Marins Schoonmaker, published this year, 1888 ; 
and the " Book of American Powder Horns," by Mr. 
Bufus A. Grider of Canajoharie, N. Y., were by per- 
mission of the trustees, dedicated to The Holland 
Society of New- York. 

To the committee consisting of Rev. Henry van 
Dyke and Messrs. Wm. M. Hoes and Henry S. Van 
Duzer, who had charge of the production of the Badge 
of the Society, and who carried out with amend- 
ments Gen. J. Watts de Peyster's unique design for 
a certificate of membership, was entrusted the design 
and production of a suitable badge or insignia of 
office to be worn by the President of this Society 
when representing it upon public occasions. A copy 
of the design of this Badge, the result of their labors, 
is inserted here. 




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Selderij. Olijven. Radijs. Kaviaar. 

Ansjovis Taartjes. 

Garnalen — Pasteitjes, Boheemsehe Stijl. 



d^elmritic dSerecIjten, 



Gestreepte Baars, met Bigarade Saus, in Sint Jacob Sehelpen. 

Aardappelen, Hollandsehe Stijl. 

Ossenhaas, Turgot Stijl. 

Spruitjes met botersaus. Aardappelen, Julien Stijl. 



Pontet Canet. 



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Krullen van Kapoen, met Perigueux Saus. 

Doperwten, Engelsche Stijl. 

Land-schildpad in Busjes, Baltimoresche Stijl. 

Champagnewijn. 



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Perrier Jouet, extra Brut. 
Irroy, buitengewoon prikkelend. 
Roederer, grootwijn, prikkelend. 
SORBET, HOLLANDSCHE STIJL. 



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Roodkop Eendvogels. 
Kwartels op geroosterd Brood. 

Ganzenleverpastejtjes met Gelei. 

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Zottt d^erecljten. 



Frambozengelei. Chateaubriand Ijs. Zwitsersehe Meringue. 

Goudsehe Spritsen. Haarlemsehe Roode Letters. 

Haagsehe Ontbijtkoek. Pistachio Koek. Sueadekoek. Kermiskoek. 

Sint Niklaaskoek. Witte Janhagel. Haagsehe Hopjes. 

Haagsehe Moppen. Utrechtsche Theerandjes. Genueezen Ijs. 

jSagerec^t 

Camembert Kaas. Roquefort Kaas. Vruchten. 

Nooten en Rozijnen. Suikerwerk met Deviezen. 

dSemonteem ^tufe&en* 
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Ptipzn en Cabafc* 

(Gekronkelde Goudsehe Pijpen, gezonden, met de koekjes, uit Holland 
door den Nieuw-Amsterdamschen Onder-Voorzitter van het Hollandsehe 
Genootsehaap te New-York, tevens gevolmaehtigd Minister en buitenge- 
woon Gezant voor de Vereenigde Staten bij de Nederlandsehe Regeering.) 



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i. $ollan& 

Holland, the conquest made by man over the sea. The Hollanders made it; it 
exists because the Hollanders preserve it; it will vanish whenever the Hollanders 
abandon it. _ „ 

President Hooper C. van Vorst. 

Music. Al is ons Landje nog zoo klein. 

ii. investiture of t^e pmtimt of tye f ollau& Society 

With his Badge of Office, on behalf of the Trustees, by 

Rev. Henry van Dyke, D. D. 

Music. Wien Neerlandsch Bloed. 

in. C^e "i^alf jftloon/' 

Push off the boat, 

Quit, quit the shore, 

The stars will guide us back ; 

O gathering clouds, 

O wide, wide sea, 
O waves that keep no track. 

Hon. William Waldorf Astor. 

Music. De Zilvervloot. 

iv. ^>oUtnt? foersus Sensation* 

The true grandeur of nations is in those qualities which constitute the true 
greatness of the individual. 

Hon. Thomas F. Bayard. 

Music. Noach en de Wijn. 

v. cue jButfy Rasters* 

For some must follow, and some command, 
Though all are made of clay. 

Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith. 

Music. Selections from Chimes of Normandy. 

vi. ©ut$ (Enterprise* 

The Ocean was the birthright of the Dutch. They were the first free nation 
to put a girdle of Empire around the World. 

Hon. William Bourke Coekran. 

Music. De Kabels loos. 

vii. €^e Captors of jijeto jijettjerlanth 

Our Comrades now; enemies no longer. 

Mr. De Laneey Nicoll. 

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ANNUAL DINNER OF 
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW-YORK, 

JANUAEY 8, 1889. 




HE Society sat down to its annual dinner 
January 8, 1889, at the Hotel Brunswick. 
The dinner was excellent, and well 
served, but the Society had increased 
so in membership that the room was overcrowded. 
There was at this time no convenient room in the 
city at which a full dinner or banquet could be prop- 
erly served for so many guests at one time. 

Among the many works of art which were kindly 
lent by their owners to decorate the dining-hall were 
copies of pictures by Rembrandt made by Mr. 
Thos. W. Shields, and one copied by Mr. J. Carroll 
Beckwith, a Frans' Hals which hangs in the Town 
Hall at Haarlem and represents the banquet of the 
officers of the St. George's Archers in 1627; also a 
companion Frans Hals hanging in the same gallery, 
a group of old Dutch women representing the gov- 
erning board of some charity, copied by Mr. Wm. 
M. Chase. 

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174 



GUESTS OF MEMBERS OF THE HOLLAND SO- 
CIETY AND ITS MEMBERS AT THE ANNUAL 
DINNER, JANUARY 8, 1889. 



W. W. Astor, 
James H. Bailey, 
Charles H. Beckett, 
Herman S. Bergen, 
Henry Augustus Booraem, 
Nicholas Brewer, 
Charles Bray, 
Morgan B. Blydenbergh, 
Jacob A. Cantor, 
Howard Carroll, 
William Bourke Cochran, 
E. Beach Crowell, 
Rev. Wesley Reid Davis, 

D. D., 
Peter De Baun, 
Thomas Dimond, 
Wm. J. Duffy, 
Frank L. Froment, 
Col. Edward Gilon, 
Almon Goodwin, 
Robert B. Hight, 
A. J. G. Hodenpyl, 



L. Israels, 

John Jay, 

Lyman A. Jacobus, 

John V. Jewell, 

Lieut. T. B. M. Mason, 

U. S. A., 
George W. McGown, 
Edward B. Merrill, 
Edward Mitchell, 
Jacob F. Miller, 
De Lancy Nicoll, 
Edward S. Rapallo, 
Charles L. Rickerson, 
McKenzie Semple, 
Edward F. Slayback, 
F. Hopkinson Smith, 
George M. Snyder, 
Robert M. Strebeigh, 
M. B. Streeter, 
Frederick C. Wagner, 
Josiah L. Webster, Jr., 
Spencer Whitehead. 



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ARTOTYPE, E BlF-RS'ADT, N. 



SPEECH OF PRESIDENT VAN VORST. 




Gentlemen of The Holland Society : 

OME person has said, perhaps the wish 
was father to the thought, that The Hol- 
land Society in selecting this evening, 
_ the 8th of January, for its annual dinner, 
designed to pay some special honor to the battle of 
New Orleans, and to General Jackson,who won that 
great victory, under the belief on the part of Dutch- 
men that General Jackson was a Dutchman. If he 
was a Dutchman, gentlemen, he certainly was not 
one on his father's side. 

But this is an entire mistake. We had no idea of 
appropriating General Jackson to ourselves. He was 
a distinguished man, undoubtedly, and possessed 
many of the distinctive traits in the Dutch character. 
General Jackson was a courageous man, and he was 
decided in his action to the very last degree. These 
are Dutch qualities, undoubtedly. But we, the Dutch, 
have had our own victories upon the land and upon 
the sea, and we have no occasion to appropriate to 
ourselves either New Orleans or General Jackson. 
General Jackson and his victory belong to us as 

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176 

American citizens, and we honor him as a great 
statesman and a great soldier. 

But it was a happy coincidence, undoubtedly, 
which led the Committee to select this 8th of January 
for its dinner, a day which chronicles an action 
highly honorable to American courage, and highly 
honorable to its soldiers. In fact, gentlemen, it 
would be exceedingly difficult to select any day in 
the year in which it would not appear that some 
heroic action has been performed either by our own 
countrymen or by our Holland ancestors. 

It has been the custom of The Holland Society, 
gentlemen, to hold its annual dinner in the early 
days of the new year, when there are bright thoughts 
in the mind, and when we are forming new plans for 
the future. We are not now seated amidst the ashes 
of dead enterprises, but we are lifted up by the 
inspiration of our future, which is holding out bright 
promises to us. It is allowable for us, as the descend- 
ants of the Dutch settlers upon these shores of the 
New World, in the beginning of the new year, to 
have our thoughts directed to our ancestry, men who 
have accomplished so much for their posterity, and 
so much for mankind in every department which 
ennobles life and distinguishes action. 

The evidence, gentlemen, of the patient and intel- 
ligent industry of the Dutch is written all over the 
face of that land which they wrested with strong 
hands from the ocean, and which they have secured 
from the approaches of the sea, and its terrible 
assaults, by strong walls. Napoleon, when he had 
taken Holland, said: "Why, Holland belonged to 
our empire once ; the soil with which the Dutchmen 
have made their land was torn from France by its 



177 

rivers, the Scheldt and the Meuse, and borne down 
there, and these Dutchmen have made Holland of 
it." That was his justification for his conquest of 
Holland. 

The faithful historian, gentlemen, with an impartial 
and eloquent pen, must tell of the great sacrifices 
which our ancestors have made through many years 
to resist the oppression of tyranny and to establish 
law and liberty. 

We have met at this hour, my friends, to reflect 
with pleasure upon the hospitality of our ancestors, 
extended to exiles from foreign lands, driven by the 
cruelty of men and of society to more congenial 
shores — to a grander hospitality and a grander treat- 
ment which they received in Holland. In times of 
war their courage was invincible, and their resources 
equal to any emergency ; but when war was over and 
peace proclaimed, they cultivated science, scholar- 
ship, literature, and the arts, every department of 
which they have illustrated with immortal works. 

Holland is a country in area very much smaller 
than the State of New- York, yet it presents to the 
world as a statesman and a soldier, William the 
Silent ; as a scholar, Erasmus ; as a student in law, 
Grotius ; and in the arts, Rembrandt. We say to 
other lands as a whole, surpass them if you can. 

Now, gentlemen, although Holland (and that is my 
text according to the programme which the Com- 
mittee has presented), with its cities and its people, 
should be swallowed by the sea from which it was 
captured, as many of its cities and hundreds of 
thousands of its people in past centuries have been, 
yet the influence of the Dutch upon mankind cannot 
be lost. Its memorial will always be found indelibly 



178 

written in the history and experience of all civilized 
States. Here npon these shores, upon this Manhattan 
Island, in this great city of New- York, and State of 
New- York, upon their institutions and* upon their 
laws are to be found the impress of the intelligent 
and liberty-loving mind of the first Dutch settlers. 

Although generations of men have come and have 
passed away, although they may appear in the future 
and disappear, yet the influence of the early Dutch 
settlers of the State of New- York will never be lost. 
It is so written in the lives of these men. It is 
so written in our institutions that it can never be 
lost. 

Gentlemen, I congratulate you to-night upon the 
progress made by The Holland Society. During the 
past year its membership has greatly increased. 
This is not a mutual admiration society. We are 
here, my friends, from all parts of the country ; our 
membership extends from Maine to California, from 
the Atlantic to the Pacific. All the large cities of 
the land furnish members for The Holland Society, 
and although the heart is here in the city of New- 
York, it has not become corrupted; it is a good, 
sound, and solid heart, my friends, and it sends out 
its warm, living current through all extremities of its 
body. Its blood is neither cold nor thin. The interest 
taken in our organization and work shows itself in 
all parts of the country where descendants of the 
Dutch are found. The people of Holland regard our 
organization with great interest. It could not well 
be otherwise. They observe with pleasure the just 
pride which we take in our common ancestors and 
our common interest in all great things which Hol- 
land has accomplished. 





ARTOTYPE, E. BIERSTADT, 



179 

During the past summer many members of The 
Holland Society visited Holland, where they received 
gracious welcome, and experienced from communities 
and from the people everywhere the sincerest expres- 
sions of a generous hospitality. Nothing was with- 
held. I had not the pleasure of being one of that 
company, but, from the reports brought to us, there 
was no limit to the expressions of kindness and 
generous hospitality on the part of our Dutch friends 
on the other side. Nothing was omitted to make the 
visit attractive and pleasant. 

Now, my friends, I would not willingly cast a cloud 
over the joy of this occasion. I would not willingly 
call before you anything which could cause any feel- 
ing of sorrow or sadness to arise in your hearts. I 
cannot but allude to a loss which we have sustained 
in the last hours of the year just passed away. I 
allude to the death of William A. Ogden Hegeman, a 
man endeared to us by his many virtues. I speak 
feelingly upon this subject. He has always been at 
our dinners ; he was a charter member of this 
Society, and one of its first trustees. His death was 
sudden, but his life was a well-rounded one ; it was 
equally useful and honorable. 

Now, gentlemen, I bid welcome in your name to 
the representatives from our sister cities, to the St. 
Nicholas Society, the St. George Society, the New 
England Society, the Martin Luther Society, and all 
other societies who may have representatives with 
us. We have no ground of complaint to make with 
the New England Society now, I believe. Those 
severe conflicts, of which the great historian Irving 
has written, between the Dutch and the Yankees, 
have gone away ; they have passed, and we are at 



180 

peace with them. We are now here together, united 
by blood and by friendship, and our occupation of 
this part of the country, the Dutch and the New 
Englanders, is a joint one. If we have any enemy at 
all, if we have any unpleasantness at all, from any 
source, it may be from the countrymen of our friend 
Mr. Bourke Cockran, who is seated there beside the 
Mayor, or from the Germans. But we mean to stick > 
we mean to stay here as long as we possibly can, 
although we are surrounded by water, and with 
water, gentlemen, the Dutch are familiar. 

I have said to you that the peace between ourselves 
and the New England Society is a lasting one, and I 
trust that it will never be broken. I will state a 
remarkable instance of it. I was reading within a 
very few days an article descriptive of the celebration 
of the New England Society in Charleston, South 
Carolina, and I noticed the eloquent addresses that 
were made there on that occasion. It was to my 
mind a striking incident that the New England 
dinner should be presided over by a Dutchman, the 
Reverend Doctor Vedder, who was born in the State 
of New- York, on the Mohawk River. I recall with 
pleasure the speech he made on that occasion, in the 
course of which he accounted for the singular fact 
that a Dutchman had been elected President of the 
New England Society in the State of South Carolina. 

Now, the Dutch are rather persuasive, not only 
with the gun, but with the tongue, also. They can 
wield that with very great power, and Dr. Vedder 
seems to have acquired that art, for he persuaded 
the New England people in South Carolina that the 
New Englanders, in fact, the Old Englanders, also, 
were all Dutchmen ; that they were descended from 



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the Jutes, Saxons, and Angles of Old Netherlands. 
The argument, gentlemen, would seem to have been 
sufficient, for it secured his election to be President 
of the New England Society. 

But I must bring my remarks, which are but the 
prelude to the real enjoyment of the evening, to a 
close. With the speaking which is yet to come, I 
am sure you are to be delighted. 




24 




SPEECH OF REV. HENRY VAN DYKE, D. D. 




May it please the Court : 

HE duty with which I have been charged 
to-night is one which does not need very- 
much explanation, or any apologies ; in 
fact, so superficial is my speech, your 
Honor, that you may be justified in using to me the 
language of an Irish Judge, who said : " Prisoner at 
the bar, I want you to understand that we want 
nothing out of your mouth, and mighty little of 
that." But it is hardly in human nature, and cer- 
tainly not in American human nature, after dinner 
to scorn the opportunity of making a few remarks, 
and it certainly is not in my power to perform 
silently the task which awakens sentiments of re- 
spect, friendship, and affection. In fact, I may say, 
I have been charged by the honorable trustees of this 
Society not to be dumb, but to make you understand 
distinctly that there is not a man in this room who 
is guilty of contempt of Court, but that, on the con- 
trary, this ceremony expresses a very sincere and 
cordial sentiment of regard and esteem from every 
member of The Holland Society. 

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"OTVPE, E BPEKSTADT, N. >. 



183 

Four years ago, sir, you were called upon to 
preside over the destinies of this Society, and since 
that time you have held that office to our great satis- 
faction. Even your native bashfulness cannot keep 
us from saying that you are the most truthful, the 
most honorable, the most wise, the most agreeable 
President that The Holland Society has ever had. 
Through all these years, sir, you have borne your 
honors meekly ; you have assumed no airs of superi- 
ority, and have not claimed any insignia of authority. 
No blatant cock crows before you on the table ; you 
do not wear an immense Holman liver pad to aid 
your digestion ; no, sir. You take your chance with 
the rest of us, and you appear quite simple in your 
personal dignity, and in the comparative nakedness 
of a modern dress coat. In this, sir, you prove your 
modesty, and your true Holland descent. My friends, 
sons of Dutchmen are modest, and we are proud of 
it. While the descendants of other lands have been 
making " Much ado about nothing," claiming credit 
for everything ; while St. George has laid his hand 
upon all the style, and St. Andrew claimed all the 
prudence, and St. Plymouth Rock has claimed all 
the piety, and St. Patrick has expressed a desire to 
paint the City Hall green, the descendants of the 
men who discovered this island and founded this 
city, have impressed their character upon its civic life 
and institutions, and have mainly kept quiet and 
minded their own business. Stolid and phlegmatic 1 
Perhaps so ; but indifferent? No. If we reckon it a 
higher honor than royal courts or heralds can confer 
to be able to trace a direct descent in the male line 
to those true, brave, straightforward, honest, high- 
minded, big-hearted men, who fought the battles of 



184 

liberty in the Old World, and gave the New World her 
freest and her grandest State, we believe in their type 
of republicanism which does not mean license, but 
liberty, secured by law, to every man. We believe 
in their type of civilization, which is orderly, con- 
servative, and makes haste slowly. We believe in 
their type of piety, which is broad, generous, cheer- 
ful, and accords to others the same freedom of faith 
which they claim for themselves. 

Gentlemen, we look back to those old Hollanders, 
and we are convinced in a quiet but rather firm way 
that we have shown the greatest possible wisdom in 
the choice of our ancestors. Now, gentlemen, please 
do not let any one misunderstand our sentiments 
upon this point. It is not modern Holland to which 
we look with these feelings of reverence and affec- 
tion. She is an admirable nation. Those gentlemen 
who visited her in the summer season found her in 
many respects an amiable country, but she is not our 
Motherland, only a cousinland about eight or nine 
generations removed, and you know you can take 
liberties with a cousin of about eight or nine genera- 
tions which would not be allowable to take with 
persons who are not so closely connected. 

We rejoice that our blood is drawn from the 
United Netherlands in the days of their brightest 
glory and of their highest power ; drawn, mark you, 
not left to stagnate in the congested veins of the Old 
World, but transfused into the heart of this new and 
nobler Eepublic. This is an American Society, and 
don't you forget it. Why, there is not a man here 
who cannot trace his family name and fortune 
through two hundred and fourteen years of this 
country's history. We hold our Americanism by a 
title older than many an English duke holds his 



185 

dukedom, and with a greater pride. I do not believe 
in those societies which are intended to perpetuate 
class distinctions, arouse enmities in this country of 
ours, and split up the broad continent of national 
feeling into little islands of unnaturalized foreigners, 
but I do believe in a society which emphasizes the 
honor of pure republican descent, and reminds us 
that we are bound of all men to defend against 
anarchists, against aristocrats, and against socialists, 
those laws and liberties which were established on 
the shores of this New World by the free spirit and 
daring courage of our Dutch forefathers. Of such a 
society, sir, you are the worthy President, and I do 
not know but that all compliments and praise will 
seem small and weak beside such words as these. 
It is fitting that you should be presented with this 
badge, which is no gaudy, glaring, and meretricious 
emblem, but simple and plain, and made of pure gold. 
It bears upon it the emblems which remind us of the 
past, of the present, and of the future. Here below 
hangs that Beggar's Penny, which was the first token 
of amity and concord among the liberty-loving sons 
of the United Netherlands. Here above, stands the 
Lion of the Netherlands; perhaps to remind you 
that your only "lyin' " should be done on this badge. 
On the other side, on the left, stands the Arms of Old 
Amsterdam ; on the right hand side the Arms of New 
Amsterdam, and between them is the Mayflower with 
her bow pointed west. At the bottom stands a green 
and flourishing tree, with this inscription: " Eindelijk 
wordt een spruit een Boom." " Every sprout in time 
has its ' boom.' " 

It is fitting, sir, that you should be presented with 
this badge. No man ever made a mistake when he 
called you "Your Honor." You have presided over 



186 

these meetings of ours with the dignity of a judge, 
and with the temperance of an archbishop, in a 
manner which we can assure you has sent a warm 
and cheerful glow through all our hearts. We rejoice 
to do you honor. We arise, and, as I place this 
insignia upon your neck, we all drink long life, 
health, and honor to President Van Vorst of The 
Holland Society. 

To which the President, Judge Van Vorst, responded : 

I cannot value too highly this honor which has 
been conferred this evening, but I beg you to under- 
stand that all that it implies is official, and not 
personal. This badge, according to the eloquent 
statement of our friend, symbolizes honesty, patriot- 
ism, virtue, everything, really, that dignifies man, and 
makes life noble, and I trust that this badge may 
have the power of communicating to whoever may 
wear it some of these distinguishing virtues. We 
will now proceed with the other exercises. 

At this point the President read communications 
from the following persons expressing their regret at 
their inability to be present : 

The President of the United States. 
General Benjamin Harrison, President-elect. 
His Excellency the Governor of the State 

of New -York. 
The Representative of the Government of 

Holland in this country. 
Hon. Chauncey M. Depew. 
Mr. Roosevelt, American Minister at The 

Hague. 



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Mr. Roosevelt, in his telegram, says he dines 
to-night at The Hagne with the Diplomatic Corps, 
and that on that occasion he will toast The Holland 
Society. Mr. Roosevelt, our distinguished repre- 
sentative, who takes a deep interest in this Society, 
represents our Government there, and we have sent 
an answer to his cablegram in these words : " Hol- 
land forever." 

Now, gentlemen, we will proceed to another part 
of this entertainment. We all remember that some 
two years ago a gentleman of this city, Mr. Astor, 
was here with the sword of William the Silent before 
him, and he addressed us on that occasion. We have 
not forgotten his speech, and it will be long before 
we can forget it. The sword is here to-night, and we 
have also an offering from Mr. Astor in this floral 
vessel, the Half Moon, of which he is to speak; so 
you see the interest that he takes in your organiza- 
tion, and I beg now to present to you Mr. William 
Waldorf Astor. 



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SPEECH OF 
MR. WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR. 




T is two hundred and eighty years 
since the Half Moon anchored off 
Manhattan Island. She was a storm- 
tossed little vessel after her long ex- 
ploration through Arctic seas, and we can imagine 
the delight with which Hendrik Hudson looked 
about him on that memorable September morning. 
The enchantment of the bay and of the river, the 
imposing line of the Palisades, the forests in their 
brilliant autumnal tints, the fragrance of the breeze 
and the sparkle of the sunshine on the water — all 
these, the Half Moon's journal describes with a vivid- 
ness that brings the scene before us like a flower of 
yesterday. The picturesque and silent shores along 
which the Half Moon sailed soon beheld the rise of 
villages, and the building of New Amsterdam. The 
colonists prospered because they brought habits of 
industry and thrift, and, above all, because they pos- 
sessed the rare intelligence to understand that in 
dealing with the Indians, the honest way was always 
the best. 

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W. WALDORF ASTOR. 



ARTOTVPE, E, BIERSTADT, N. Y. 



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But the Dutch came not merely as traders. Their 
great nation had expanded in its small country, and 
had been so tempered and hardened in the fire of 
the war of its independence, that Holland stood first 
for the noble and generous qualities that make her 
nation a guide, a leader, and a founder of others. By 
a valor whose steadfastness not all the blood shed 
by Alva, nor the faggots and chains of Spanish 
persecution could dismay, nor even the tears of 
their own helpless and suffering ones could dis- 
hearten, the Dutch established for all mankind the 
principles of religious toleration and of constitu- 
tional government. This was the gift of Holland to 
the human race, and this it was that made the 
triumphant flag of the States General, flying at the 
masthead of the Half Moon, a harbinger of salvation 
and freedom to the New World. 

The pioneers to this region were men of truth and 
courage. Their example influenced the character 
and destiny of New- York in revolutionary times, and 
their spirit has lived among us ever since, helping to 
make us what we are to-day. New Amsterdam long 
since outstripped its ancient namesake of the Zuyder 
Zee. From a struggling settlement we have come to 
be the third city in the world ; where the Half Moon 
cast anchor is now a roadstead for the iron steam- 
ships of modern science ; where a puny stockade was 
raised on the line of Wall street against the Indians, 
George Washington took the oath of office one hun- 
dred years ago as the head of the American Republic, 
and on that same spot next April, his successor, 
Benjamin Harrison, will receive the same commis- 
sion from fifty millions of people. The Half Moon 
has left but a name and a memory ; she has vanished 
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like the savages that came out to meet her, bearing 
in their hands the green boughs of peace and of 
good-will. 

But the glory of that heroic period, when her splen- 
did blows were struck for the emancipation of man- 
kind, grows brighter as we look back to it, and the 
story of that adventurous vessel is one that we 
cherish for ourselves, and for our children, forever. 
In our imagination, the Half Moon still sails, a fairy 
and a phantom ship, across the stormless seas. Her 
memory is one that we rejoice to honor to-night with 
the attributes your ancestors loved so well, and in 
which the Dutch poets delighted : 

The music of the lute, 

The flower of the crimson rose, 

The wine-cask emptied to the lees. 



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The Pkesident : We had expected at our last din- 
ner to have had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Bayard, 
the Secretary of State, but he was* unable to be 
present. He was one of our very first members; 
his name in the first catalogue of The Holland Society 
stands first, and I have the pleasure to announce 
now, although it is said "Hope deferred maketh 
the heart sick," that we have him here to-night, and 
shall listen to him with very great pleasure. 




THOS. F. BAYARD. 



RTOTYPE, E. BIERSTAOT, 



SPEECH OF 
HON. THOMAS F. BAYARD. 




HEN I heard him who is fitly called 
"Your Honor" read to-night the ex- 
cuses of men in Washington that they 
could not come here, I felt a little self- 
accused that I had run away from my duty to follow 
the dictates of my heart, and the lines of Gray came 
back, of the truants from Eton College : 

" Still as they run they look behind, 
And hear a voice in every wind, 
And snatch a fearful joy." 

I wish to thank you greatly for the kindness of your 
reception, and to say it has been my misfortune not 
before to receive it, but no descendant of a Dutch- 
man will blame a man who stays away from any 
place when duty detains him. I am rejoiced to come 
among my countrymen whose homes are somewhat 
distant from my own, and yet who nourish sympa- 
thies and admirations which they hold in common 
with me. Do not let us, in what are termed the prac- 
tical affairs of life, forget that obscure memories and 



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vague traditions are powerful forces in our social 
fabric. The value of societies like this is that 
they seek the fountains of history from which men 
of Holland descent and connection drew their tra- 
ditions. Every community depends for its real 
strength upon the number of men and women of 
individual worth that it contains. No society, my 
friends, can be strong merely because it is large, for 
the more fools or the more knaves that you get to- 
gether so much the worse. In the last analysis the 
strength of a country will be found in the personal 
character and individual conscience that happen to 
exist within its borders. 

There are few Americans to whom we owe a greater 
debt for his literary charm, poetic talent, the gentle 
humor that blends wisdom with wit, than to Dr. 
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Some one asked him a 
while ago when you should begin the education of a 
child, and he said: " About one hundred years before 
the child was born." We of The Holland Society can 
" see" the good Doctor, and, if I may speak profanely, 
" go him a little better." We go back pretty nearly 
three hundred years before any man in this room was 
born to find the sources of that which has educated 
us to come here. We claim for our godfather Count 
Brederode, in 1566. "Water beggars" we are, at 
least water seems to go begging to-night, but " water 
beggars" were the society that he formed at that 
time upon his famous compromise, and we are here 
to-night to thank him for doing it. He was our god- 
father, and our education then commenced. Perhaps 
we do not take the water quite as straight as they 
may have taken it, although I have great respect for 
their judgment, and I do not think when they begged 






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for water that they did not put something in it, but, 
gentlemen, as " Man shall not live by bread alone," 
nor by water alone, we drink in something to-night 
in the example of those men that is better than wine 
or water; we drink in to-night the example of the 
solid virtues of those early times, and I hope we shall 
avoid the frothy sensationalism of times nearer to 
us. The virtues of Holland were solid. This mute 
sword now before us has its history ; under William 
the Silent, the good Father William, "the Dutch 
Washington," inquisition into private affairs was 
forbidden, and that was an essential step to civil 
and religious liberty. Have we nothing to-day in 
laws that propose to instruct men what they shall 
drink, and what they shall wear, that will not indicate 
to us the value of that edict three centuries old that 
you shall not inquire into the personal habits of men? 
This was a solid virtue and it made Holland the asy- 
lum of men and women from whom I draw my name 
and blood, who, after religious liberty became impos- 
sible in France, and the troubles and bloody conten- 
tions of the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, 
found in Holland an asylum for a conscience that 
could worship G-od at the altar of its own choice. 
Every year the English people meet to commemorate 
the defeat of the Spanish armada. I wish they could 
find time in their rejoicing to remember that it was 
the courage of the plain Dutchman that kept in the 
Holland ports the Spanish ships that were intended 
for the destruction of the liberties of England. Let 
justice be done. Has ever the like been seen in his- 
tory of a race who conquered the ocean, except the 
one in whose honor our Society is named! If King 
Canute had been a Dutchman and had lived on the 



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shores of Holland he could have sat in his chair at 
ease and forbidden the waves to approach. I ask you 
whether in all the solid reality of history was there 
ever a case before where the area of a kingdom was 
formed as to one-third of its extent by man's power 
over the sea ? Ah, gentlemen, there was skill, there 
was patient endurance, there was simple, unpro- 
claimed industry that win our admiration, but there 
was something even finer than these, for the patient, 
plodding industry, and engineering skill, that kept the 
ocean at bay, and sent it back so that men might live 
in plenty and comfort upon the ground that was so 
gained; that same skill, that same force, had the 
courage to call back the ocean when liberty was at 
stake, and bid it preserve the liberties of the men and 
their posterity who had built the dj^kes. To these 
plain burghers was it given to beckon the Atlantic 
to and fro, to retire when it was not needed, and to 
come again when liberty called it. 

Can you suppose that the man who built those 
dykes for the purposes of honest industry, and de- 
stroyed them for the nobler purposes of human 
elevation and liberty, could have the horizon of their 
ideals narrowed by possessions of wealth, or by the 
easy satisfaction of living at home in comfort? Oh, 
no! One solid quality begets another, and so the 
same force and courage that gained for these people 
land where land was not, and made the ocean their 
tributary for further gain or for their defense, made 
them the pioneers of navigation, of enterprise, of com- 
mercial potency in the civilized world. And there 
was something better than that. They were not small 
men, and, so far as I can read their annals, the suc- 
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by sharp bargains, much less by trickery. They 
taught, as it seems to me, a lesson that might well be 
engraved over the portals of every Chamber of Com- 
merce, that solid honesty is the soul of commerce. 

I knew well Judge Jeremiah Black, of Pennsyl- 
vania, who, in delivering from the Bench a eulogy 
upon Chief -Justice Gibson, said : " He was an honest 
man ; by that I do not mean a man who had that nega- 
tive honesty that it is a disgrace to want, but who 
had that positive honesty that enforces itself in every 
transaction and in every conversation of life." 

There is a difference, gentlemen, between the nega- 
tive honesty that permits a fraud and the positive 
honesty that strikes it wherever it is found. The 
Dutch settlers on this island — did they not bring 
with them this positive honesty, these solid qualities, 
and is there not within the knowledge of every man 
who lives upon Manhattan Island the fact that 
they planted the seeds, the fruits of which we enjoy 
to-day ? 

New- York is a great city ; it is vast in wealth, it is 
vast in population, and in its material strength ; vast 
in its intellectual strength, and countless are the 
business transactions daily in this great city. Incal- 
culable are the amounts that are embraced within 
them. The pulsations of your vigor are felt through- 
out this continent, almost throughout the world. 
Think over them all, and take comfort in the reflec- 
tion that so few of all these transactions are question- 
able. How few, how infinitesimal is the proportion 
of trickery as compared to honest dealings. It is not 
just to-day, my pessimistic friend, wherever you may 
be found, to doubt the strength of this Eepublic. It 
is safe to-day to say that honesty and honor are the 



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prevailing forces in the government and in the trans- 
actions of the city of New- York. They are the rule, 
and not the exception, and, if it were not so, the busi- 
ness of New- York could not be conducted for a single 
week. Gentlemen, these qualities are not noisy; 
they are not self -proclaiming ; they do not advertise 
themselves, simply because they are solid, and not 
sensational, and who will deny or depreciate the good 
Dutch soil of manners, and morals, and law, of which 
the natural fruits are seen around us to-day. 

" Sensation asks for what is new, 
Solidity asks for what is true." 

Sensation prefers a new fiction dressed in the clothes 
of a pantaloon, political or religious, as the case may 
be ; solidity prefers truth, well tested, in its most 
sober garb. 

Physicians know — and there are wise ones here — 
that health has no symptoms. Physicans know that 
disease has nothing else. And here is the difference 
between solidity and sensationalism. We breathe the 
pure air of heaven insensibly ; it is only when it is 
contaminated and vitiated that we recognize the 
offense, and experience a sensation. Solidity con- 
siders both cause and effect; sensation rejoices in 
effect alone. Gentlemen, unquestionably, our lot is 
cast in a remarkable age, and a most remarkable 
country. Properly understood, fairly appreciated, 
our institutions are the noblest in the world. They 
are founded upon the equities of humanity. I, with 
you, love them, admire them. I seek to serve them. 
I joined this Society as a brotherhood with the same 
end in view. The Holland Society is an agency to 
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worth and honor, no matter on what soil it originated, 
no matter in what accents its early voice was heard. 
It is their object, it is my object, that all that is brave, 
honorable, and just shall be brought into the service 
of the great American Republic. Let us be eclectics 
as to that. But as I would build the tower high, so 
I would have it strong. I would ask that its base be 
solid and not sensational. 

May I close by a parallel between something that 
was the product of American life, of American insti- 
tutions, and a genius wholly distinct. May I take 
a homespun lawyer-farmer from the State of Virginia, 
and compare him to that meteor that lit, but also 
scorched, the continent of Europe. May I compare 
Thomas Jefferson with Napoleon Bonaparte, and use 
the words of another in describing the difference, 
even as to the possibilities of ambition, between the 
man that was solid and the man that was sensa- 
tional. I read from the words of a contemporary of 
both, the late Charles J. Ingersoll, a grown man when 
Napoleon was made the First Consul of France, and 
who long outlived him and Thomas Jefferson. He, 
writing of the election of 1801, at the time that the 
"Louisiana Purchase," so-called, was consummated, 
said : " If the President had then been Aaron Burr, as 
was near being the case, instead of Thomas Jefferson, 
immediate armament and forcible occupation would 
have, no doubt, been the executive policy, and, with 
executive influence, why not the legislative will? But 
Jefferson, inflexible in his resolution to govern with- 
out physical force, exerted all his official influence 
and personal popularity to deprive his office of 
patronage, and his country of military organization. 
The results as they came to pass in Jefferson's and 
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Napoleon's respective reigns and regions may perplex 
and confound history, but the facts are of recent and 
of universal familiarity of knowledge. Napoleon with 
superhuman intelligence, by stupendous armaments 
crushed several enormous coalitions, putting many 
millions of men to death in convulsive warfare, closed 
his prodigious career with no considerable change of 
dominioD, leaving the boundaries of his country less 
than when, by such means, he undertook their enlarge- 
ment. Jefferson's country, during the same period, his 
administration conducted with hardly a soldier or a 
tax, was in profound peace, extended over more world 
than Napoleon won or lost by conquest. Patience, 
mostly more effectual than violence, has sometimes 
been called genius." 

There may be something in our time, my friends 
and fellow-countrymen, to make this retrospect of 
value to the American people. There is a haste, there 
is an ambition, there is a sensationalism, which is the 
worst product of both, and generally shallow, super- 
ficial, unreal, and unmanly. Our duty is plain in 
our day and generation, to promote the growth of 
those solid qualities that make a man, that make a 
city, that make and keep a nation. They are not noisy, 
but they are profound, and enduring in their results. 



The President then read a message from Dr. 
Vander Veer, of Albany, sending greeting to the 
Society and wishing all a joyful evening, after which 
he introduced the next speaker, who responded to 
the toast of the " Dutch Masters." 




PHOTO. BY SARD 



»HT0I1HE, E. BIERSTADT, 



F. HOPKINSON SMITH. 






SPEECH OF F. HOPKINSON SMITH. 




DUTCH friend of mine engaged in the 
laudable occupation of selling beer to his 
countrymen during the summer months 
in his back-yard, with the first breath of 
spring bared his head to the breeze, and said to his 
attendant : " Hans, the summer is come ; the garden 
is open, bring out the trees." And when the tables 
were set, and his hungry and thirsty guests by slow 
syphonic processes were transferring the high-water 
mark of the keg to the low-water mark of their 
stomachs, he would caution Hans with: "Pull that 
mug lower down, the profit is in the boobies." 

I always look forward, my friends, to the annual 
dinner of The Holland Society as a sure sign that the 
summer has come, and that the garden of good cheer 
and good fellowship is open wide to the sallies of 
wit, the sparkles of humor, and flashes of eloquence 
which surround the tree after it is out. 

The Dutch Masters — the toast covers as much 
ground as a pasture in Holland. If success waits on 
perseverance, and perseverance is twin sister to 
obstinacy, the Dutch should be masters of the world. 
It is true that they are the tortoises of the nationali- 

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ties. They may not have the legs of the French hare, 
nor the wings of the American eagle, yet, with the per- 
sistency of an insect that in summer flesh is heir to, 
they get there all the same. Scratch a New Yorker, 
one who has lifted his head high enough to be seen, 
and who has won for himself something of a name in 
the arts, literature, science, the law, politics, or trade, 
and, nine chances out of ten, way down below the 
surface you will find some of the blood that was 
spilled in the immortal days of Alva, at Haarlem and 
Ley den, by a people that would rather give their land 
to the sea than have it violated by an enemy. The 
only thing that I ever heard of that staggered a 
Dutchman, when he ran right against it so hard that 
he had to sit down and catch his breath, was a big 
block of Missouri, Kansas, and Texas sixes. But the 
end is not yet, gentlemen, and a settlement may still 
have to be made with many in Amsterdam instead of 
one only in New York. 

Dutch Masters — masters of what f Of the sea that 
never was kept within bounds before. " Here shall 
ye come, and no further," said a Dutchman, "and 
here shall your proud waves be stayed. Here will we 
live and our little ones, and you can gnash your 
teeth and growl along the white sands of our dykes." 
Of the soil ; the land is a garden from Meridan to the 
sea. Of the arts; search the museums of the Old 
World. We have the priceless volumes printed in 
that early time, and bound in the vellum of Leyden. 
What workers in metal they were. Preserved to-day 
in the kitchens, surrounded by their porcelain and 
china, is their tile-work of Amsterdam dating back 
two centuries. Of the cutting of gems, bringing to 
an exact mathematical precision the reduction of the 



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shape of the glitterless pebble until it is only rivaled 
by a sunbeam bathed in a dew drop. Of working in 
iron, and the carving of wood, and the cutting and 
engraving of fine glass. 

I am led to believe that by the Dutch Masters 
you mean that type of men who sprang into promi- 
nence in the early part of the seventeenth century ; 
you refer to that king of painters, whose pictures have 
belonged to the civilized world for two centuries. 
Grand as he is, grand master and all, his influence 
to-day is stronger over the minds of the artistic 
world than any other painters of modern time — 
Eembrandt. And there are many others. 

These, gentlemen, were not Dutch Masters because 
they were masters in their Dutch land alone ; they are 
masters by their skill, by their genius, by their 
power to create, by their sagacity, which has brought 
the arts of all men to what is considered a high order 
of genius, so that we can even read the words of your 
toast, not as you have written it, simply Dutch 
Masters, but " The Dutch Master." 



The President : The next speaker certainly needs 
no introduction to you. He is our eloquent advocate, 
who will speak to you of that nation which put the 
girdle of empire around the world. 




SPEECH OF HON. W. BOURKE COCKRAN. 



Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of The Holland Society : 




HESE proceedings were opened to-night 
with a reference to the battle of New 
Orleans, the glorious anniversary which 
is being celebrated in many cities of 
this country at this hour; and I remembered an 
invitation to one which I had myself received. 
For a moment, I was disposed to regret that I had 
not accepted it, but as I reflected upon the subject 
which was assigned to me, as I listened to the speeches 
which were delivered from this desk, I became con- 
vinced that there is nothing creditable to American 
valor, nothing glorious in American history that can 
be more fitly celebrated anywhere than in a meeting 
of The Holland Society. 

The toast which has been assigned to me certainly 
opens up a subject of the widest amplitude. I do not 
believe that I am flattering your hereditary pride 
when I state as my deliberate judgment that the 
enterprise of the Dutch was the vehicle in which 
modern civilization was borne around the globe. 
Modern civilization is distinguished by the fact that 
it possesses the earth. That possession we owe to 



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the enterprise and courage of the Dutch navigators. 
When the barbarians of the North Forest took pos- 
session of the fertile plains of Europe, and shattered 
the Roman civilization which the Roman legions 
were unable to defend, the system of feudalism 
sprang up as the legitimate outcome of force tri- 
umphant. The serf was the natural product of the 
feudal system. The man who never moved from the 
fields on which he was born, unless to follow some 
military standard upon an incursion of war, saw no 
other force than the petty king to whom he owed 
allegiance, who cared for him, sheltered him from the 
heat and the storm. The king, the prince, the baron, 
upon whose lands he dwelt, was to him the em- 
bodiment of power, the beginning and the end of all 
authority. 

But when men learned to move across the surface 
of the globe ; when they yearned to see the wonders 
which were in the world around them, they began to 
think. With thought came uneasiness, and that 
ripened into revolt. They either became indepen- 
dent or else sank into a submission which was 
abject because it was conscious. 

Along the mouth of the Rhine there were a number 
of communities that, in the language of the Secretary 
of State, wrestled closely with the sea for the posses- 
sion of their soil, and redeemed it from the embrace 
of the ocean. That ocean, familiar to them, had no 
terrors for them. They launched their barks upon it ; 
they penetrated every quarter of the then known 
globe. They visited Britain ; they went over to the 
shores of Italy. As they saw the wealthy cities and 
the palaces in which their citizens dwelt; as they real- 
ized that all this wealth and luxury was due to the 



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security of property within the walls of an indepen- 
dent city, they returned home, and told their neigh- 
bors of what they had seen. 

The little castle of the baron shrank into meanness 
as they compared it with the magnificent palace of 
the Florentine merchant. The flocks, the herds, the 
hawks, the hounds, their visible wealth, shrank into 
insignificance compared with the gold and silver, and 
the superb palaces, with marble stairways, which 
distinguished the cities of Italy. Then that spirit of 
invention, which we celebrate here to-night, awakened 
in the minds of the Dutch. They learned to weave ; 
they learned to spin ; they learned to build. Their 
communities grew rich. They were able to purchase 
liberty of the feudal lord. The barons gave charters 
to the city, and the chartered city became the foe 
before which feudalism and absolutism were shat- 
tered forever. 

As we recall the history of the Dutch cities, as we 
note their growth in wealth, we are struck by the 
fact that as soon as their material wants were secured, 
their minds became expanded to the cultivation of the 
beautiful and of the sublime as well as the practical. 

The eulogy which has just been pronounced upon 
the Dutchmen does but scant justice to their merits, 
eloquent as it is. The lesson that the Dutch learned 
was that liberty was at the foundation of prosperity, 
and that lesson bore its fruit. It bore its fruit when 
the Spaniard sought to strike at the independence of 
the Dutch cities. 

Like the Italian cities, they had no trained but 
expensive armies, and their wealth every day 
increased. But they defended the homes that were 
dear to them, and, though men despised as beggars 



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by the opprobrious epithets of Spanish pride, they 
beat in a contest the chivalry and the trained armies 
of all the forces by which the Spanish tyrant sought 
to demolish their walls and destroy their future. 

There was no force too strong for Dutch resistance. 
The proud Protector, before whose nod every throne 
in Europe trembled, met the Dutch fleets upon the 
sea. They knew not how to fly. English sailors 
learned that Dutch courage was a force with which 
even English valor was unable to successfully cope. 
And the geographical discoveries of that age were due 
more to these hardy adventurers who had conquered 
the sea than to English desire to penetrate its un- 
known regions. 

They launched their barks and trimmed their sails 
to every breeze. They pointed their prows in every 
direction. No land was so distant that they did not 
dare to sail for it ; no shore so rugged that they 
feared to approach it ; no harbor that they did not 
dare to enter. 

The winds that chilled, and the suns that burned, 
were unable to check them; the atrocities of the 
North American Indians did not deter them, and 
they despised the fevers of the tropics. They gave 
the ancient name of their country to an eastern 
island ; in the western hemisphere, where they founded 
a settlement which prospered, until to-day it stands 
the third city of the world, and destined, within a 
generation, to outstrip all other competitors for the 
proud post of the capital of modern civilization. 

We would do faint justice to Dutch enterprise if 

we but spoke of its achievements. Grander and 

better even than the bravery which they displayed 

was the spirit by which they were animated. The 

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colonies which they founded were established as 
lamp posts on the pathway of civilization. They 
were the legitimate outcome of the efforts of a mighty 
people, whose cities were unable longer to contain 
that organizing, arousing enterprise which, like a 
tide, swept away every obstacle by which it was 
confronted. 

The men who established their settlements did not 
fly from cruel and oppressive laws which rendered 
their lot at home intolerable. They bore the torch of 
civilization into quarters of the globe which had been 
hitherto undiscovered. The foes with which they 
contended were the forces of nature, the curses of 
undiscovered lands. Under the hot sun, or in the 
biting frost, they searched in the bosom of the earth 
for undiscovered treasures. Wherever they went, 
their labors show to-night the interests of civilization 
were inspired by a love of humanity. 

They have, indeed, in the language of this toast, 
placed a girdle around the globe. But it was not a 
pathway of blood; it was a shining zone of light. 
Here upon this island, the chief result of that enter- 
prise, we rejoice to-night in the possession of bless- 
ings which are ours because the spirit of the Dutch 
settlers has survived through centuries. That toler- 
ance of religious belief, that disposition to dwell 
peaceably with one's neighbors — these are distinctive 
inheritances from the Dutch settlers. 

We have not a single memory which we would wish 
to forget ; there is not an act which a loyal Dutchman 
or his descendants would wish to obliterate from the 
pages of history. We have no cruel laws to apologize 
for, and claim that they were the result of the bigoted 
spirit of the age. No cruel fires were lit under help- 



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less women on this island. The Puritan himself, 
when he came down here to join with you and to take 
the best chair of your ancestors, was fashioned into 
a new man by contact with the descendants of the 
Dutchmen. Sons of Dutch sires, bearers of Dutch 
names, descendants of Dutchmen, well may you claim 
for your Society the foremost place amongst all her 
sisters this spirit which animated the Dutch burgher 
who drew his sword in defense of the liberties of the 
Dutch cities. Within twenty-five years, at the call of 
duty, their descendants cast down the implements of 
toil and girded on those of war when the safety of 
this country was imperiled, the same spirit, living 
again, inspired those descendants, and they went to 
the scene of carnage, toil, and battle to meet their 
foes. 

Other nations have achieved a commercial suprem- 
acy, but never while the tide ebbs and flows in the 
harbor which Hudson discovered, never while favor- 
ing winds waft to our shores the argosies of foreign 
commerce, never while this city stands at the mouth 
of the Hudson, the metropolis of this continent, the 
envy of all her sisters, with both her arms out- 
stretched, the one across the continent, and the 
other across the sea, for the profits and the pleasures 
of the world, never while the history of daring deeds 
and solid traits remains recorded, can be forgotten 
the courage, perseverance, and indomitable skill 
which were the essential features and the living 
elements of the Dutch enterprise which has reduced 
the universe to the possession of mankind. 



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Peesident Van Voest : It gives me peculiar pleas- 
ure to announce to you the next speaker, who is 
known to you all. He has done the State some service, 
and we know it. It is a quality that the Dutch have 
of finding out good people, and bringing them for- 
ward at the proper time, and it gives me pleasure to 
introduce to you Mr. Delancey Nicoll. 



SPEECH OF DELANCEY NICOLL. 




Mr. President and Members of The Holland Society : 

F all the invited guests at this banquet, 
I ought most to appreciate the compli- 
ment, for, in inviting me to your feast, 
your committee have unconsciously vio- 
lated one of the traditions of those admired ancestors 
whose progeny you are. 

It is recorded in that history of New- York, from 
the beginning of the world to the fall of the Dutch 
dynasty, which was written by the late lamented 
Diederich Knickerbocker, that, although upon the 
surrender to the English commander in August, 
1664, the Dutch were permitted to remain in peace- 
able possession of their houses and property, yet, 
such was their inveterate hatred of the British, that, 
at a meeting of the leading citizens of New Amster- 
dam, it was solemnly resolved never to invite any 
of the detested conquerors or their descendants to 
dinner. 

In one of the ships which composed the British 
expedition, and acting as secretary to his uncle, who 
commanded the fleet, was that poor but honest 
gentleman to whom, in aristocratic assemblages like 

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this, I am accustomed to point with pride as my 
ancestor, and it is indeed a gratifying illustra- 
tion of the softening influences of time that you 
have permitted me, the descendant of one of your 
conquerors, to sit at this feast, to eat your hardtack, 
and drink your foaming ale. And while it is difficult 
for me to suppress the exultant emotions which rise 
in my bosom when I recall that late unpleasant- 
ness in the harbor of New- York, in the month of 
August, 1664, 1 shall endeavor, in the language of the 
toast, to convince you that we are " comrades now," 
and "enemies no longer." 

It is very evident that the excellent committee who 
selected me to speak to the toast, " The Capture of 
New Amsterdam," paid little respect to the political 
history of this city, and its present political condition. 
The English did make a capture of New Amster- 
dam ; but what, after all, did it amount to ? At that 
time the city had only fifteen hundred inhabitants, 
and not more than one hundred houses. Not only 
that, but the English respected the rights of the 
Dutch inhabitants, and even permitted the burgo- 
masters to retain their offices. Indeed, Englishmen 
became Dutchmen. Those who remained in this 
country became so fascinated by the rosy cheeks 
and rounded forms of the Dutch ladies that they 
became your great, great, great-uncles by taking in 
marriage your great, great, great-aunts, and sharing 
some of that respectable patrimony which your great, 
great, great, great, grandfathers had been accumulat- 
ing. Such was the capture of New Amsterdam by 
the English. But they were not the real captors of 
New Amsterdam. A century elapsed before the real 
captors came. They came — a witty and a warlike 



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race from the land of the shamrock, from the home 
of St. Patrick, from Limerick, Cork, and Killarney. 
When they came they made a clean sweep. They 
drove the burgomasters out, and, notwithstanding 
the compliments which have been showered upon 
you by their sole representative at this banquet, 
such has been their indomitable energy that neither 
you Dutchmen, nor myself, Englishman, nor all of 
us together, have been able to wrest any offices from 
them since. 

When I view before me the numerous progeny of 
the founders of New Amsterdam, many of whom are 
conspicuous in the life of this city, and consider the 
perils to which their ancestors, huddled together upon 
the point of Manhattan Island, were exposed, I am 
filled with admiration for a race which of all races on 
the face of the earth could have survived the perils 
which encircled them and escape utter extermination. 
Consider for yourselves the unparalleled danger of 
the situation of the founders of New Amsterdam 
upon the point of Manhattan Island. In the year 
1664 they numbered only 1500. They had no stores 
of ammunition ; they had no system of fortifications ; 
there was no way of escape except the sea, and they 
had few vessels ; they were surrounded by hordes of 
savages whose natural enmity was liable at any 
moment to be inflamed into a passionate desire to 
exterminate them altogether, and yet, notwithstand- 
ing the hazard of that situation they grew, multiplied, 
and prospered, and appropriated to themselves the 
choicest of the Indian possessions, this lovely island 
of Manhattan. How was it accomplished? How 
did they achieve it ? It was a triumph of Dutch en- 
terprise, a marvel of Dutch thrift, a tribute to the 



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genius of the Dutch race for commerce. It is the 
most notable illustration in history of the saying that 
" Peace hath her victories not less renowned than 
war." They accomplished it because they were 
traders and not warriors. Instead of antagonizing 
the noble red man they invited him to their homes, 
they took him to their bosoms, they stimulated his 
desire for beads, they encouraged his taste for Hol- 
land pottery, and cultivated his appetite for Holland 
gin. The noble red man could beat them at the game 
of war, but he was no match for them at the game of 
commerce. So they taught him the game of com- 
merce, and then they beat him at it. When he was 
a loser they gave him a few presents, and he came 
back and played the game again. It was a game 
which even the redoubtable Stuyvesant did not des- 
pise, for of him it is recorded that upon one occa- 
sion, when returning from an expedition against the 
struggling colony at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, 
he found the Indians in revolt, he deliberately took 
the money of your ancestors, and purchased from the 
savages miles of land with a few barrels of Holland 
pottery and a few hogsheads of Holland gin. 

The Dutch were the only race that could have 
founded New Amsterdam. No other race could have 
succeeded under the conditions which surrounded 
the founders. What, gentlemen, think you, would 
the warlike Irish have done under such circum- 
stances I What would the impetuous French or even 
the martial English have accomplished ? They would 
have waged against the Indians unremitting war 
until the colony was exterminated. It required some- 
thing higher, something better, and more intelligent 
than mere brute force to establish a colony upon this 
island. It required a genius for trading, for bargain- 



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ing, and buying. It required the peculiar genius of 
your ancestors. 

In the month of August, 1664, when the English 
fleet sailed up the bay and anchored off the Battery, 
the infant city was the scene of unusual activity. 
While there were few buildings above Wall street, 
all below was bustle and excitement. On the great 
farms which stretched from Wall street up to the 
Harlem River, your industrious progenitors were en- 
gaged in tilling the soil, in fattening the hog, and in 
dodging the occasional arrow from the Indian bow. 
In Harlem all was quiet except at the tavern called 
" The Waiting Place" where your progenitors repaired 
every noon to slake their thirsts with bowls of ale. 
In the city the various officers were immersed in the 
cares of state. Stuyvesant was in the City Hall en- 
gaged in writing a message to the burgomasters upon 
the surplus ; the burgomasters were speculating upon 
the profits of a combine to sell the franchise for a 
soda-water fountain on the Bowery ; the elder Van 
Vorst, who was the magistrate of that period, was 
engaged in trying for sedition two Englishmen who 
had spoken disrespectful words of Stuyvesant, and 
Van Dyke, the elder, who had been appointed prose- 
cutor by Stuyvesant, was trying to convict them. 
The elder DeWitt was engaged in cornering the 
market on flour; the elder Van Siclen had just 
entered the office of his trust company ; Van Slyck 
and Van Wyck were getting up a trust in Indian 
corn, and the elder DePeyster was vainly endeavoring 
to learn the English language in order to qualify 
himself for the position of deputy mayor. Such was 
the peaceful condition of New Amsterdam on that 
summer morning in 1664 when the English fleet 
sailed through the Narrows. 
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No suspicion of invasion disturbed the peaceful 
bosom of the city. The English commander at once 
sent a demand for unconditional surrender. Stuyve- 
sant summoned the burgomasters. They were for 
peace, he was for war ; but on listening to their argu- 
ments, he sent a hurried note to the English admiral. 
When the latter discovered that there was a division 
in the public sentiment of the town, he industriously 
circulated through his agents the most alluring 
promises of protection to your ancestors, and suc- 
ceeded in seducing them from the government. He 
promised to every man who should voluntarily sub- 
mit to his Britannic majesty that he should enjoy 
undisturbed the possession of his houses, his flower 
beds, and his cabbage garden; that he should be 
permitted to speak the Dutch language, to smoke his 
pipe, and wear as many breeches as he pleased, and 
that he should be permitted to import from Holland 
his jugs and bowls instead of manufacturing them 
upon the spot. He also promised that they should 
never be compelled to learn the English language, nor 
to adopt other system of counting than by adding up 
on their fingers, and inscribing the result upon their 
hats ; promised that every man should be permitted 
to inherit from his grandfather, his coat, his hat, 
his pipe, and his shoe buckles, and that under no 
circumstances should they be obliged to conform to 
any modern innovations, but, on the contrary, be per- 
mitted to manage their farms, to conduct their busi- 
ness, to rear their hogs, and till their soil as had been 
done from time immemorial. 

It is not surprising that with such alluring prom- 
ises, your thrifty progenitors fell an easy prey to the 
English commanders. And so New Amsterdam was 
captured without a drum being sounded, a gun dis- 



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charged, or a drop of blood spilt. On the next morn- 
ing after its capture, yonr thrifty progenitors went 
about as usual, and succeeded at the close of the day 
in adding something to that substantial pile which 
their grateful descendants are spending this evening 
in riotous living. 

The capture of New Amsterdam by the English, in 
1664, was the beginning of that commingling of races 
which is not only the distinct characteristic of its 
civilization, but the cause of the present unparal- 
leled growth of the city of New- York. It is that 
which distinguishes the Empress of the West from 
her older sisters in Europe. London is the product 
of England, Paris is the creation of France, Berlin 
is the work of Germany, but New- York is not the 
achievement of any one race of people. This mag- 
nificent city, with its miles of streets, its hundreds 
of acres of parks, its avenues of palaces and stores, 
adorned with churches and cathedrals, with libraries, 
with temples of art and song, with monuments of 
private and public charities, is not the work of any 
one race. In the veins of New- York flow the blood 
of all the great nations of the earth ; all have con- 
tributed to her matchless growth. And yet, of all 
the contributions, the greatest came from the found- 
ers of New Amsterdam, your progenitors. England 
contributed her laws, her customs, and her love of 
liberty. France contributed taste and art ; Germany, 
music and liberal living; but Holland contributed 
that spirit of freedom and religious tolerance, that 
genius for industry, that extraordinary capacity for 
rapid development which have already made this 
city rich beyond the dreams of avarice, and entitled 
her to the foremost place among the cities of the 
earth. 





DINNEK OF 
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY IN ALBANY, 

FEBRUARY 14, 1889. 

HE members of The Holland Society 
resident in Albany and its vicinity deter- 
mined that, as many of them were miable 
to attend the annnal dinner on January 
8th, they would have a dinner of their own where all 
could attend, on February 14, 1889. The President, 
Secretary, and Treasurer were invited from New- 
York. Judge Van Vorst was, unfortunately, unable 
to get away, and thus missed the charming hospital- 
ity of the Albanians. The following account of the 
dinner appeared in the " Albany Journal " : 

The good old Dutch folk were a hospitable people, 
and tradition has it that when they did undertake to 
give a feast it was a royal one ; fortunate indeed was 
he whose lot it was to live in those days, and to par- 
take of the good things set before them by the fathers 
of Albany. But it would have broken the heart of 
old Jeronemus Van Vlieren, whose " lott containing 
in breadth thirty-four foot and in length one hundred 

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fie 4-hotfand @)otiefy of 




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BCVERWYCK 

DlNN&R. 



^t. Valentine s Eve, 
1889. 



ALBANY, 



Delavan House. 



THE HOLLAND SOCIETY 

OF NEW YORK. 



FLAGS. 



The flat; to the left, on the first page (orange, white and blue) was adopted by the United 
Netherlands in 1582. It floated from the mast head of the "Half Moon" when Henry Hudson 
visited the present site of our venerable city, on the 22d of Sept., 1609. In 1650, after the 
death of " William II," a red stripe was substituted in place of the orange; this is the present 
flag of Holland, and is represented to the right. 

The flag to the left, on the last page (white with coat of arms in center), is the flag of the 
State of New York, promulgated in the "Military Regulations, 1859." This flag, by act of the 
Legislature, "Shall be displayed from the Capitol during the hours when the Legislature is in 
session." The flag to the right is our glorious " Star Spangled Banner," the unsullied emblem of 
the United States. 

The coat of arms of the city (at top of left hand corner of last orange page), was copied 
from a map bearing date prior to 1 700. 

The seal, at the lower corner, was copied from a deed from the city of Albany, signed by 
Peter Schuyler, Mayor, bearing date of December, 16S6, and was the first seal of the city. 



GEORGE WEST VAN SICLEN. 



Treasurer, 
ABRAM VAN SANTVOORD. 



Vice-President, 

For Albany, 

ALBERT VANDER VEER. 




BERT VANDER VEER, V P., 

DERRIK VARICK DE WITT, 

JAAP HENRIK TEN EYCK, 

KOBUS TEN EYCK. 

JOHANNES VAN SCHAAICK LANSING PRUYN, 

KAREL HENRIK VAN BENTHUYSEN, 

MELLIS WOODWARD VOSBURGH, Sec'y, 

Committee. 




Seal of Albany, 1686. 



CMAS. VAN BENTHUYSEN 4 80NS PRINT. 
OLDEST STEAM PRINTING MOUSE IN AMERICA- IS07. 



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and twenty foot wood measure," is spoken of in 
a resolution of the " comon councill " July 14, 1719, 
if he had found his way into the Delavan House 
dining-room last night, and seen how his progeny 
were putting away good things material, and intro- 
ducing good things mental at a rate calculated to 
induce a stare in one unaccustomed to such doings. 
There were Dutchmen from Beverwyck, and Dutch- 
men from Esopus, and Dutchmen from New Amster- 
dam ; with Dutchmen from every point between and 
within a radius of a good many miles on every side. 
There were good wishes from San Francisco and 
from New- York, and there was no sort of doubt but 
that the spirits of the fine old mynheers of two Dutch 
centuries ago hovered over the gathering with pride, 
and gave schnapp, perhaps, to their wine, and bright- 
ness to their already sparkling wit. 

It was only a few minutes after 7 o'clock when 
Dr. Albert Vander Veer, wearing the badge of the 
President of The Holland Society of New -York 
hung about his neck with an orange ribbon, took the 
arm of Secretary Geo. W. Van Siclen, and led the way 
to the dining-hall. The 112 gentlemen who sat down 
to the table followed in twos, and when the President 
and Secretary reached the door the orchestra struck 
up "William of Nassau," the score being by Prof. 
Ehrmann. The seating was accomplished with little 
or no difficulty. A card bearing the name of each 
person rested on a glass at his place. The members 
and their guests were soon in their places, as follows : 

Cross table at the north: James Ten Eyck, the 
Hon. T. Low Barhydt, Samuel D. Coykendall, the 
Hon. F. H. Woods, the Hon. A. T. Clearwater, John 
V. L. Pruyn, Dr. Albert Vander Veer, Secretary G-. 
W. Van Siclen, the Hon. Abraham Lansing, Trea- 



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surer Abram Van Santvoord, the Rev. Dr. Prall, Prof. 
H. P. Warren, W. L. Van Denberg. 

East table : J. H. Van Antwerp, H. E. Sickles, 
John W. Vrooman, John M. Bailey, T. C. Callicot, T. 
J. Van Alstyne, S. T. Schermerhorn, Alfred De Graff, 
John Schermerhorn, President Webster of Union 
College, M. Van Voorhis, W. B. Van Rensselaer, Dr. 
Henry Hun, Teunis M. Post, John Gr. Myers, John 
Van Schaick, Clinton Ten Eyck, E. P. Durant, W. W. 
Newcomb, A. V. DeWitt, John Wolff, Martin Van 
Buren, John E. Voorhees, James Voorhees, W. C. 
Groesbeck, E. A. Groesbeck, Jacob W. Clute, W. M. 
Horton, J. B. Schuyler, J. B. Sanders, Dr. C. C. 
Schuyler, Dr. James P. Boyd, Dr. Van Vleck, D. H. 
Van Auken, Dr. Van Slyke, Dr. Marselius, W. F. 
Winship, J. B. Visscher, I. D. F. Lansing, Ira L. 
Wales, George N. Southwick, M. H. Griffin, Richard 
Varick DeWitt. 

West table : Charles B. Lansing, Abraham Van 
Vechten, T. E. Vermilye, G-. A. Van Allen, John 
Van Voorhis, Gr. W. Van Slyke, J. A. Sleicher, Wm. 
M. Van Antwerp, E. L. Judson, H. S. Van Santford, 
W. H. Van Wormer, Jasper Van Wormer, R. H. 
Southwick, M. E. Viele, M. W. Vosburgh, J. E. 
McElroy, J. Townsend Lansing, J. A. Lansing, Wm. 
Kline, A. V. V. Benson, S. M. Van Santvoord, Charles 
H. Van Allen, Chas. H. Van Benthuysen, Leonard 
Kip, James MacNaughton, P. V. B. Hoes, Charles V. 
Winne, Charles L. Pruyn, B. R. Heyward, Peyton F. 
Miller, P. V. Fort, F. Van Ness, E. Y. Lansing, Fletcher 
Vosburgh, E. D. Jennison, Jacob H. Ten Eyck. 

The dinner was served in ten courses, and the 
spiced rum was not reached until past 9 o'clock. The 
serving of the meal was prefaced with a prayer by 
the Rev. William Prall, the announcement on the 



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menu being made in this fashion: "De Weleerwaarde 
Heer Willem Prall, Ph. D. zal aan Tafel voorbidden." 
Though the dishes were known to the participants 
under French, Italian, and English names, the menu 
was printed in this fashion: 



SPIJSKAART. 



Blaauwe Landtongsche Oesters. 

Sauterne Wijn. 
Soep. 

Dikke Zeekreeften Soep. 

Zyschotelties. 
Pasteitjes in Koninklijke Stijl. 



Sherry Wijn. 



Visch. 
G-ekookte Kennebec Zalm, Ansjovis Sans. 
Aardappelen in Hollandsche Stijl. 

Gekruide Gerechten. 
Ossenhaas met Champignons. 
Spinage met Room Saus. 
Aardappelen in Julien Stijl 



Pontet Canet. 



Tusschen Gerechten. 
Gekruide Kalkoen met Truffles in vormen. 
Gekookte Land-Schilpad in Arlington Stijl. 
Sorbet, Hollandsche Stijl. Champagne. 

Gebraad. 
Roodkop Eendvogel met Gelei. 
Selderij Sla. 

Zoete Gerechten. 
*IJs in Mandjes. 
Champagne Gelei in vormen. Verschillende Koekjes. 

Charlottes in bijzondere vormen. Oliekoeken. 

Nagerecht. 

Roquefort, Edam en Engelsche Kaas. 

Vruchten. 

Koffij. 

Gekruide Rum. 
Cigaren, Goudsche Pi j pen en Tabak. 



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The pipes were filled with fragrant tobacco when 
the meal was done, and each Dutchman, and his guests 
leaned back and in true Dutch style enjoyed the so- 
lace of a smoke, while the "feast of reason and flow 
of soul" went on. Dr. Vander Veer, surrounded by 
the persons on whom he called for responses, looked 
exceedingly happy when he rapped the assemblage 
to order and announced the first toast: "The New 
Netherlands — the New Netherlands wherein our 
forefathers established their principles of civil 
liberty and order." Dr. Vander Veer said : " Gentle- 
men, the first respondent to our toasts this evening 
is one in whom the members of this society feel a 
brotherly interest. In county, State and national 
legislative halls he has exhibited that progressive, 
but conservative spirit, so characteristic of his fore- 
fathers, that record in which we all take a just pride. 
We find him to-day in charge of one of the most im- 
portant financial bureaus of his native State. It may 
be justly said that he fully represents the New Nether- 
lands. I call upon Edward Wemple, the Comptroller 
of the State to respond. In his absence Mr. Garret A. 
Van Allen will read his response." Mr. Van Allen did so 
in his happiest vein, and would have astonished even 
the Comptroller had he been present. The response 
contained these thoughts: The most imaginative 
day-dreamer among the Frisians and the Batavii, a 
century and a half before our Christian era, in the 
wildest flight of his half -savage fancy, could not have 
had even a glimmer of imagination that, away to the 
west, nearly a thousand leagues beyond the dark 
waters of the North Sea, waters that broke, advanced, 
and retreated among the lowlands that made his 
home, there lay a continent whose shores should be 



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inhabited, whose political and religions institutions 
should, in a great measure, be shaped and controlled 
by descendants from the land of his birth. That 
over 2000 years from that time, representatives from 
the same blood, or from the same land as his, should 
gather here to-night to commemorate in feast, song, 
speech, and story that same land that gave him his 
birth and home. No thought could have come to 
this same ancestor, perhaps of some of us, that over 
1700 years after the commencement of this era, 
a white-winged, sea-going vessel should leisurely float 
in upon the waters where the Hudson weds the sea, 
and like her namesake in the blue vault of the sky, 
as quietly sail slowly up the blue waters that came 
then from unknown sources, until the advancing 
voyage was ended at a spot not more than cannon- 
shot distant from where we are assembled now. Yet 
all this came to pass. My topic is " The New Nether- 
lands," yet I would fain linger a moment over the 
memories of history that gather round the land of 
our ancestors that I might with clearer light approach 
my theme ; might linger over pages that tell of times 
from the time the Netherland contingent, as allies of 
Rome, by their cavalry charge gave the battle and 
the day of Pharsalia to the Roman Empire and unto 
Caesar. The New Netherlands, that land whose 
waters the good ship Half Moon first entered upon, 
and that land that as a geographical division of this 
continent exists no more by metes and bounds, but 
lives in history, romance, poetry, tradition, and song. 
Within these bounds our ancestors built their homes, 
made treaties with the great Indian tribes, ranged 
them in kindness under the banner of the Dutch Re- 
public. Yes, even upon this very ground, almost 
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upon the spot where we meet to-night, the great 
Iroquois, " Eomans of the Western World," made a 
treaty with our fathers that was never violated, but 
stood a bulwark of defense against the French from 
Canada, and the savage tribes of the North and West. 
Fifty-four years the Dutch reign lasted; fifty-four 
years of almost peace and prosperity; fifty-four years 
was it the New Netherlands. Then the flag of the 
Dutch Republic was hauled down, the red cross of St. 
George raised over Fort Amsterdam, and the New 
Netherlands became New- York. Nine years later the 
Dutch flag again floated from the same fort, floated 
there for five hundred days ; for five hundred days 
was there a New Netherlands again ; then for the last 
time descended in power that flag of the United 
Provinces upon Manhattan Island, and the New 
Netherlands as a geographical division of the world 
passed away never to return. In some respects the 
government and people of this Dutch land of ours 
were far advanced in their ideas for the education of 
the masses through the education of their children ; 
children who should grow to become the State. They 
were the first upon American soil to make education 
a public charge, a matter of the State and not of in- 
dividuals. The first step taken toward a system of 
public schools was under the direction of the 
government of the New Netherlands, and the common 
school system of our great Republic sprung first into 
life in the land under the fostering care of the Dutch 
of the New Netherlands. The days of the New 
Netherlands passed away two centuries and a quarter 
ago, but the influence, spirit, and work of the men 
who inhabited and ruled that land are with us to- 
day. 



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The orchestra struck up " The Star-Spangled Ban- 
ner," and, as the music concluded, Toastmaster Van- 
der Veer proposed this sentiment: "The President 
of The Holland Society — 

" An upright and fearless judge, whom the members of this 
society delight to honor. 

" All our town in peace awaits you, 
All our doors stand open for you ; 
You shall to our stockade enter, 
And the heart's right hand we give you." 

Then he added : " I wish I had the ability to express 
in words becoming this occasion the love, loyalty 
and affection we bear towards him who was to re- 
spond to this toast. There are many hearts in this 
city and vicinity who remember him kindly during 
his residence here in early life. There are those 
who will recollect him as president, in 1847, of that 
most flourishing institution, the Young Men's Asso- 
ciation of this city, and who have watched with 
interest his progress onward and upward to success 
in the great metropolitan city. Just at this moment 
it is fitting that I express the wishes of the members 
of The Holland Society resident in Albany and 
vicinity in extending to your invited guests this 
night a hearty and earnest welcome." Then Dr. 
Vander Veer read a letter from Judge Hooper Van 
Vorst, President of the Society, who was to respond 
to the toast, in which the judge said that an impor- 
tant trial detained him, and concluded: "This is a 
great disappointment to me. I have many friends 
in Albany who are very dear to me, and I am always 
glad to meet them. The Holland Society has a large 



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and highly-esteemed membership at Albany. We are 
always glad to see them in New- York, at our meet- 
ings and our social gatherings." 

In the absence of President Van Vorst, Secretary 
George W. Van Siclen was called upon, without 
notice, to respond to the toast to the former; he 
said: 

"Oh, that I were worthy to be the Elisha upon 
whose shoulders the mantle of that Elijah might 
fall! 

" Mr. President Vander Veer and gentlemen, I seem 
to find myself again in Holland, as in August last; 
this superb banquet, this hospitality, the sudden- 
ness with which I am called on to speak, the many 
friends who look upon me with such kindly eyes, the 
handsome and noble-looking men, six feet three in 
their stockings, who look down upon me as I speak 
to them, all combine to bring back to me the atmos- 
phere of the fatherland, as well they may in this 
old Dutch city. 

" This is a fortunate Society — unlike the Demo- 
cratic party at the last election, it confronts a theory 
and not a condition — it is founded upon an idea, 
the memory of our ancestors. And such ancestors. 
Honest, religious, hospitable to all nations, and to 
all creeds, and faithful unto death in the perform- 
ance of duty, whether it led to death by burning at 
the stake, or by blowing up a warship to prevent 
its falling into the hand of the enemy ; or by calmly 
launching in a storm at sea the life-boat that could 
never return from the vain attempt to save life from 
a drifting, shipwrecked hulk. They call the rope- 
ladder over a ship's side, 'Jacob's Ladder'; those 
Dutch sailors who, not long ago, near the channel, 



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went down that ladder to realize the almost certain 
death in their hope to save others, were angels as 
much as any that Jacob of old saw in his vision. 

" This Society, Mr. President, was formed to bring 
together the descendants of such men. And, looking 
for an ideal President, this Society chose Hooper 
C. Van Vorst. For nearly three-score years and ten 
his walk and conversation have been known of all 
men. Upright, pure, genial, the friend of all, his 
white hair is a crown of glory, and he well deserves 
to be made the perpetual President of this Society, 
and to lead us into heaven, that stockade to which, 
no doubt, you, our Albany friends, refer in the lines 
which you have coupled with this toast to his name. 
A Dutchman is nothing if he be not religious. Our 
ancestors built a church in the corner of each fort, 
and each stockade, and while you say to him, 

All our town in peace awaits you, 
All our doors stand open for you ; 
You shall to our stockade enter, 
And the heart's right hand we give you ; 

you also feel that before very many years that 
'dome with wisdom silvered o'er' shall lead you 
into the stockade with walls of gold and gates of 
pearl, the home not made with hands eternal in the 
heavens." 

"Wien's Neerlandsch Bloed" was rendered by 
the orchestra, and Vice-President Vander Veer an- 
nounced : "The Dutchmen of Beverwyck. — 'Ah! 
blissful and never-to-be-forgotten age. When every- 
thing was better than it ever has been since or ever 



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will be again — when the shad in the Hudson were all 
salmon, and when the moon shone with a pure and 
resplendent whiteness,' " and said : " Gentlemen, 
the committee considers itself especially fortunate 
in having one to respond to this toast who so well 
represents the Dutch families of Albany and vicinity. 
I have the pleasure of calling upon the Honorable 
Abraham Lansing." Mr. Lansing gave one of his 
scholarly and able addresses, tracing the lineage of 
the Dutch back to the Roman Empire. He said he 
would be cut and slashed all to pieces by those who 
were to follow him, especially Mr. Clearwater, and 
the next time wanted to have the last speech. Mr. 
Lansing told much of Albany's past history ; of the 
habits and customs of the Dutchmen who first settled 
here, and were content to live, trade, and die here; 
and the development in every manner of the place 
that was dear to every Hollander. " De Zilver Vloot " 
broke the applause which followed Mr. Lansing's 
taking his seat, and then Toastmaster Vander Veer 
was seen to rise above the tobacco smoke. His lips 
parted and he said : " I move that a cable message be 
sent to our minister at The Hague." This was 
adopted with a cheer and a rising vote, and Minis- 
ter Roosevelt's health was drunk. The cablegram 
was penned by Mr. G-. A. Van Allen, and sent in 
these words: 

"R. B. Roosevelt, 

" Am. Legation, The Hague, Netherlands : 
" The Albany banquet of The Holland Society greets the 
fatherland. Vander Veer. 

Van Siclen." 

Then he proposed the toast: " The Mayor of Albany. 
In our early days a Dutch Dongan governed us. To- 



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day a like Dutchman, with the same blood in his 
veins, controls our destinies." Dr. Vander Veer said : 
" Gentlemen, if the orderly doing of all things, the 
proper appreciation of the responsibilities of official 
trusts, and thorough honesty of purpose in discharg- 
ing public duties were characteristic of the early 
Dutchmen of this city, then it may be truly said that 
he who is to respond to this toast to-night is in reality 
a Dutchman. For we know that in his official career he 
has presented all these good qualities. I was to have 
had the pleasure of calling upon the Mayor of Albany, 
but he has sent this regret by the hand of his chief 
clerk : ' The Mayor looked forward with pleasant anti- 
cipations, and deplores the ill-health which enforces 
his absence. He is very sorry that his non-attendance 
will affect the excellent programme. As to delegating 
some one in his stead, he would suggest either Alder- 
man Pruyn or Alderman Van Allen — they being city 
officials.' " Alderman-at-large Pruyn said he had been 
in the habit of sitting by and letting others do the 
talking. He preferred to vote rather than to talk, and 
thought that Alderman Van Allen should have re- 
sponded, as Van Allen was in the first Board of Alder- 
men. He said : " It is an interesting fact that the 
charter of this Dutch city was granted by an Irishman, 
and that an Irishman is the mayor of the city to-day. 
It is deeply to be regretted that the mayor is not with, 
us to-night. Dutchmen that we are, it is a great 
satisfaction to us to know that the city is presided 
over by its present excellent executive. And when 
we say excellent executive, we mean it in the Dutch 
sense. Municipal government received its greatest 
impulse and development in the cities of the Nether- 
lands, and the city governments were remarkable 



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for their honesty and efficiency. These principles of 
sound government have been fully developed in the 
government of Albany, from Pieter Schuyler down 
to Edward A. Maher, who is a worthy successor of 
our, Dutch mayors. In the ancient Dutch cities it 
was a high honor to be a schepen or alderman, and a 
burgomaster or mayor, and it may not be indelicate 
for me as a Dutchman to claim that similar positions 
are equally honorable in our American cities. This 
city has an interesting history — in some ways the 
most interesting of American cities. Founded by the 
Dutch, in whom were innate the principles of liberty, 
it was fitting that in 1754 a convention should be 
held here looking toward the peaceful union of the 
colonies. Without bringing politics to a social gath- 
ering, I may be permitted to remark that this ancient 
burg was Democratic in its best sense. Any one who 
has read Miss Grant's ' American Lady ' will under- 
stand this, and any one who knows Dutch charac- 
ter will understand it better. Liberty, equality, 
and fraternity, the mottoes of the French Republic, 
were in reality Dutch. To be out of Florence was 
exile to Dante. Socrates never cared to go beyond 
the bounds of Athens. May every true Albanian, 
wherever he may roam, how greatly he may be 
attracted elsewhere, nevertheless feel that Albany is 
good enough for him." Before Col. Pruyn could 
retake his seat the orchestra struck up " De Neder- 
landsche Vlag." 

Little did Dr. Vander Veer dream of the mine he 
was about to spring when he called upon A. T. Clear- 
water, of Kingston, to respond to the toast : " Our 
Esopus ancestors. They gathered from the East, 
from the West, but from the South came the pure 



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and sparkling spring of life. ' Paddles none he had, 
or needed, for his thoughts as paddles served him.' " 
Then the good doctor presented Mr. Clearwater in 
this fashion : "I know, gentlemen, that you have in 
store a rich treat. The bones of our ancestors, in the 
lovely and pure language for which our vice-president 
of Kingston is noted, will be presented to us in a 
manner entertaining and instructive." Mr. Clear- 
water broke the ice with an anecdote about that 
good old Dutchman, Timothy J. Campbell, and Mrs. 
Secretary Whitney. Ten days ago he had received a 
note from the doctor asking if he would attend the 
dinner, and, with a Dutchman's anxiety for a free 
lunch, he immediately accepted. When asked if he 
would respond to a toast, he had responded that, for 
a Society with such views of high license as The 
Holland, he thought it had clear water enough. 
He was placed under a Scotch title to respond to a 
Dutch toast. His friend Pruyn might be an Irish- 
Dutchman, but he was not a Scotch-Irishman, or a 
Scotch-Dutchman. The true statement of facts is 
that an attribute of a genuine Dutchman is that he 
tells the whole truth, and the Dutchmen of Esopus 
are typical in this respect. It was only such Irish- 
Dutchmen as Pruyn and Lansing that could exag- 
gerate, he said. Of all Dutchmen those of Esopus 
stood head. It was the Dutch of Esopus who held 
the first popular election; it was they who swung 
the State of New- York into line when it was waver- 
ing, and elected the federation of the American 
Colonies ; it was they who signed the first Constitu- 
tion of New- York ; it was among them that Governor 
Clinton, New- York's first Governor was inaugurated, 
and it was at Esopus that the first Constitution of the 
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States in 1775 was signed, " And, gentlemen, let me 
state right here with becoming modesty," he added, 
"that my friend on the left, Mr. Coykendall, culti- 
vates the great Dutch virtue of hospitality on behalf 
of the Dutchmen of Esopus. At Esopus we have the 
incarnation of Dutch hospitality, as any of you will 
find if you come down and call on the Esopus rep- 
resentative, Mr. Coykendall." 

The orchestra played " Oranje boven al." 
" Our Brother Nationalities. And others were there 
who, by reason of their noble work, became true and 
worthy companions," was announced by the Toast- 
master, who added : " Some of us who are gathered 
here to-night have been more fortunate than others. 
Some of us know full well how many a banquet has 
been enriched by the clean, clear-cut sentences, filled 
with wit and wisdom, of him who is about to speak. 
All of us will now have our minds enriched by him 
whom I have the honor to call upon." Surrogate 
Francis H. Woods responded amid much merriment. 
He had enjoyed listening to the rivalry between the 
Dutch of Esopus and Beverwyck. " Here it must be 
confessed," he said, " there were but two nationalities 
contending for supremacy. After 200 years the Irish 
smilingly climb to the top. If Dr. Vander Veer had 
not been so busy he could have patched up our 
mayor so that he might have been here to-night. 
The Dutchman shrewdly saw the commercial advan- 
tage of this place, and settled here, establishing a 
trade with the Indians that lasted. The Dutchman 
found the Yankee too much for him, and fenced the 
town in. Some say the fences are still up." He had 
followed in the cavalcade with Mayor John Boyd 
Thacher when he opened the South gate three years 



231 

ago, and bade the world enter ; but he did not notice 
any great increase in the population save that noted 
in the vital statistics. " The North gate was opened, 
'leading to the North and ye Canadas'; yet our ex- 
clusiveness still continues. Not a head of a bank or 
any city official has since passed through that gate. 
In 1749 Peter Kalm, a Swede, came here, and said 
that all the inhabitants were Dutch, and that nothing 
but the Dutch language was spoken ; that the Dutch 
on returning home at night would silently sit, and 
smoke, and look at their wives. When they did break 
the silence they would indulge in endearing terms. 
The coming of other nationalities here is best indi- 
cated by the growth of denominational congregations. 
The most gracious incident in our early history was 
the welcoming of Father Jonges, as he fled from the 
Hurons, by Dr. Megapolensis and his people. As the 
population grew it brought together men and women 
who believed they had souls to be saved. On every 
Sunday morning, from an hundred belfrys deep- 
mouthed bells call men of all nationalities to prayer 
with glad and not discordant notes, and true religion 
advances as we better understand the injunction of 
the Prince of Peace. ' Love one another,' " he said. 
The wise men of the East came here, captured the 
Dutchmen's daughters, opened banks, and new ways 
of trade. The preserver and translator of our Dutch 
records was Dr. O'Callaghan. In 200 years no man 
had been mayor except a Dutchman or the husband 
of a Dutch wife, except an Irishman, named Nolan, 
who built a brewery near the banks of the American 
Rhine which he called Beverwyck, and if it were n't 
for this he still would sign from Clare and not from 
Albany. " The spirits of the first settlers hover about 



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us. May turmoil, nor strife, nor sectarianism, nor 
foul civic methods ever drive them weeping away 
from us." 

The orchestra finished off " The Groves of 
Blarney" in a scientific style, and apparently to 
Judge Woods's satisfaction, before Toastmaster Van- 
der Veer proposed the final one of the stated toasts 
— " The Holland of to-day," this sentiment standing 
for introduction : 

" Sing for us your merry song, 

Sing the beggar's song to please us ; 
That the feast may be more joyous, 
That the time may pass more gayly, 
And our guests be more contented." 

" Gentlemen," said Dr. Vander Veer, " I am sure 
in calling upon him who is to respond to this, the 
last toast of the occasion, we have much to rejoice in. 
He comes from an atmosphere of mirth and merry- 
making, filled with boyhood's happy dreams and 
expectant successes. He represents one of the oldest 
institutions in the city ; an institution founded, nur- 
tured, and sustained by Dutchmen, and from whose 
halls have graduated generation after generation of 
the sons of Dutchmen, and yet, not contented with 
this affiliation, he has recently visited old Holland, 
and can tell us now of Holland of to-day. I know you 
will all join with me as I call upon him who at the 
present time has our dear ones still in charge. I call 
upon Professor Henry P. Warren." Professor Warren 
was most happy in his response, which, embodying 
every point of interest possible in so brief a time, 
was applauded till the tables fairly danced. The 
strife of the Dutch against the Zuyder Zee, and the 



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prophesy that another generation will see Holland 
without a drop of water within her dykes were the 
main points. 

The set toasts finished, Dr. Yander Veer called 
upon Charles H. Van Benthuysen to respond to 
" Our flags." He said, referring to the ornamented 
menu : The flag to the left, on the first page (orange, 
white, and blue) was adopted by the United Nether- 
lands in 1552. It floated from the mast head of the 
Half Moon, when Henry Hudson visited the present 
sight of our venerable city on the 22d of September, 
1609. In 1650, after the death of " William II," a red 
stripe was substituted in place of the orange ; this is 
the present flag of Holland, and is represented to the 
right. The flag to the left, on the last page (white with 
coat of arms in center), is the flag of the State of 
New- York, promulgated in the "Military Regulations, 
1859." This flag, by Act of the Legislature, " shall 
be displayed from the capitol during the hours when 
the Legislature is in session." The flag to the right 
is our glorious " Star-Spangled Banner," the unsullied 
emblem of the United States. The coat of arms of 
the city (at top of left-hand corner of last orange 
page), was copied from a map bearing date prior to 
1700. The seal, at the lower corner, was copied from 
a deed from the city of Albany, signed by Pieter 
Schuyler, mayor, bearing date of December, 1686, 
and was the first seal of the city. 

Professor Webster, of Union College, was next 
called upon as a representative of the Mohawk In- 
dian. He denied any Mohawk lineage, but said he 
longed to be a Dutchman. For that matter, he would 
not mind being part Irish, or Scotch- Dutch ; but as 



234 

it was, be was obliged to be satisfied with being 
a Yankee. His opinion wasn't asked when the ques- 
tion of his lineage was decided, so he must be content 
with what he was. In the history of the college of 
which he was honored as being president, there was 
much of Dutch — lots of Vans. The Dutch beauty is 
proverbial, and if the gathering there present was 
representative, the proverb was a sound one. He 
had been thoroughly entertained, both as to the body 
and mind, and had only one fault to find. He had 
had an envelope there in which to carry off the liter- 
ary spoils. Somebody had stolen it, and he was 
uneasy as to how he should convince his wife without 
the documents, that he had been with so respectable 
a crowd of Dutchmen. 

Theodore V. Van Heusen had a few words to say 
about a club he encountered while abroad last season 
and proposed a toast to The Holland Club of London. 
He said : u In number not many as yet, but I found 
them of rare quality. I am sure that a better repre- 
sentation of men never put their feet under mahog- 
any. They were considerate of us, representatives 
of The Holland Society of New- York, sent a cordial 
letter of welcome to our secretary, Mr. Van Siclen, 
at Amsterdam, inviting any of us who should get to 
London, to make themselves at home at the club- 
rooms. At the request of Secretary Van Siclen we 
answered this in person, with due thanks, and I now 
make report to him of the result. The president of 
the club was prompt to call on us, and it was arranged 
that my son and I should receive a club dinner." 

Miles W. Vosburgh received the following tele- 
grams, which Dr. Vander Veer read: 



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New- York. — I deeply regret that other engagements will 
prevent my celebrating with The Holland Society to-night. 
No place in the state or country so naturally becomes the 
home of a Holland society as Albany. If Diederich Knick- 
erbocker's ghost comes down from Schaghticoke to shake 
your festivities, he may be surprised at your costumes, but 
will recognize in your manners and capacity the unimpaired 
vigor of the original stock. Chauncey M. Depew. 



San Francisco. — Invitation too late. Accept cordial 
greetings. I wish the members of The Holland Society good 
health, perfect contentment, plenty of schnapps, and many 
merry reunions. William Alvord. 

[Mr. Alvord is a graduate of the class of 1848, Albany 
Academy, is ex-mayor of San Francisco, and president of the 
Bank of California, the largest institution of its kind in 
the United States.] 



At the north end of the dining hall, forming a 
fitting background for the speakers, the decoration 
consisted of a screen, the center of which was formed 
with an elegant, rare, Dutch rug, the property of Mrs. 
John V. L. Pruyn. This had woven into it the 
Dutch coat of arms, and a border of brilliant tulips. 
On either side of the rug were drapings of garnet 
cloth, the ends being finished off with draperies of 
American and Dutch flags. Across the top were 
broad bands of red, white, and blue festooned, and 
surmounted by American and Dutch flags. The 
chandeliers had wreaths of smilax about them, and 
the Albany City band orchestra was hidden behind 
a hedge composed of palms and longiflorum lilies. 
Along the entire length of the tables at the inner 
edge of the plates was a row of smilax, which par- 
tially hid long-stemmed clay pipes of the old Dutch 
fashion around whose slender stems were tied dainty 



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bows of blue ribbon. Opposite each plate was a 
slender glass of water over which nodded a tulip. 
At each end of the tables were beds of tulips, and 
through the center of the table were potted plants, 
azaleas and bunches of calla lilies and hyacinths. 
Toastmaster Yander Veer, his face beaming with 
smiles, was hidden while he sat at the dinner by a 
large epergne. But he towered grandly above this 
as he rose to announce the toasts. 

The scores of the Dutch pieces played were set by 
Professor Ehrmann. 

Even the charlotte russe was encircled with orange 
ribbon. 

The bulbs which furnished the tulips were im- 
ported from Holland. 

The cigars were distributed in pairs, each pair 
being held together with orange ribbon. 

Alderman Pruyn referred to the fact that we had 
an Irish mayor who is painting the City Hall roof 
red. 

Heer Karel Henrick Van Benthuysen wore his 
medal after the French mode, pendant from his shirt 
collar. 

Last night was the first time in America that the 
tulip was publicly recognized as the distinctly Dutch 
flower. 

Dr. Van Buren, of Kinderhook, a descendant of 
President Martin Van Buren, spoke of the Dutch 
history of Kinderhook. 

Much of the success of the affair — and there was 
nothing to mar the occasion — was due to the untir- 
ing efforts of James Ten Eyck. 

There were some oliekoeks. These were made by 
Miss Van Vechten, a descendant of one of Albany's 



237 



mayors, Teunis Van Vechten. They were pro- 
nounced a la mode of 1614. 

" You will have to wear the orange to-night," said 
Mr. DeWitt, as he placed a tulip into the buttonhole 
of Surrogate Woods's coat. " This is the only occa- 
sion I would wear it," returned Judge Woods. 



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ANNUAL MEETING OF 
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW-YORK, 

JUNE 11, 1889. 

T the annual meeting of The Holland 
Society of New- York, held June 11, 
1889, a committee consisting of Messrs. 
Egbert L. Viele, Edgar M. van Winkle, 
and Giles Y. van der Bogert, was appointed to repre- 
sent the Society, February 2, 1890, at the bicenten- 
nial of the massacre of Schenectady, N. Y. 

On motion of Mr. Theo. M. Banta, it was deter- 
mined to begin the publication of the records of the 
old Dutch churches of America, nearly all of which 
have now been copied by the Society. 

A proposed increase of the initiation fee and an- 
nual dues was defeated. 

On motion of Mr. Geo. W. Van Siclen, it was re- 
solved that the President and Secretary of this 
Society be requested to send greeting to our kins- 
men, the descendants of the Dutch settlers in South 
Africa; that the sentiments of warm friendship so 
happily revived with our fatherland may be ex- 
tended to our more distant relatives, brave and 
worthy descendants of the old Batavii. 

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239 

On motion of Mr. Geo. W. Van Siclen, it was re- 
solved that this Society tender to the venerable the 
Hon. Marins Schoonmaker, author of the " History 
of Kingston," its congratulations that his noble son, 
our fellow-member, Commander Cornelius Marius 
Schoonmaker, U. S. N., had the opportunity to die 
with honor at the post of duty, at the Island of 
Samoa, March 15, 1889. 

It was also determined, on motion of Rev. J. How- 
ard Suydam, to offer a Holland Society cup for the 
yacht races at Sneek, on the Zuyder Zee, Holland, 
one of the places where the members of The Holland 
Society were so handsomely entertained on their pil- 
grimage last summer. 

After ordering an oil portrait of its President, 
Judge Van Vorst, the Society proceeded to sing in 
chorus : 

I 'm a Van, of a Van, of a Van, of a Van, 

Of a Van of a way back line ; 
On every rugged feature 

Ancestral glories shine ; 
And all our band in kinship stand 

With all that 's old and fine ; 
I 'ni a Van, of a Van, of a Van, of a Van, 

Of a Van of a way back line. 



V 



$ecrologr 

FEOM PINKSTER, 1888, TO PINKSTER, 1889. 



W. A. Ogden Hegeman, 

OF NEW-YORK. 

Edward Yates Lansing, 

OF ALBANY, N. Y. 

Abraham Lott, 

OF BROOKLYN, N. Y. 

Henry R. Low, 

OF MIDDLETON, N. Y. 

Capt. Cornelius Marius Schoonmaker,U. S.K, 

OF KINGSTON, N. Y. 

Garret Lansing Schuyler, 

OF NEW-YORK. 

Gardiner Baker Van Vorst, 

OF NEW-YORK. 

Benjamin Stevens Van Wyck, 

OF NEW-YORK. 

Theodore Chardavoyne Vermilye, 

OF TOMPKINSVILLE, N. Y. 



240 



FROM PINKSTER, 1889, TO PINKSTER, 1890. 



William Bross, 

OP CHICAGO, ILLS. 

Augustus A. Hardenbergh, 

OP JERSEY CITY, N. J. 

Louis V. D. Hardenbergh, 

OF BROOKLYN, N. Y. 

James Riker, 

OP WAVERLY, N. Y. 

Henry Everitt Eoosevelt, 

OP NEW-YORK. 

Henry Jacob Schenck, 

OP NEW-YORK. 

George Washington Schuyler, 

OP ITHACA, N. Y. 

John Schermerhorn, 

OP SCHENECTADY, N. Y. 

Thomas Storm, 

OP NEW-YORK. 



jQecrolog?* 

FROM PINKSTER, 1889, TO PINKSTER, 1890. 



John H. Suydam, 



OP NEW-YORK. 



John Barent Visscher, 

OP ALBANY, N. Y. 

John Enders Voorhees, 

OF AMSTERDAM, N. Y. 



William Voorhis, 

OF NYACK, N. Y. 

Abram Bovee Van Dusen, 

OP NEW-YORK. 

Hooper Cumming Van Vorst, 

OF NEW-YORK. 

John Waling Van Winkle, 

OP PASSAIC, N. J. 



John Voorhees Van Woert, 



OF NEW-YORK. 



THE HOLLAND SOCIETY. 

PINKSTER, 1890. 



PtttjStD*ttt, 

ROBERT BARNWELL ROOSEVELT. 

Neiv-YorTc City. 

MAUS ROSA VEDDER, M. D. 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 

HARMANUS BARKALOO HUBBARD. 

Jersey City, N. J. 

GEORGE CLIPPENGER VARICK. 

Albany, N. Y. 

ALBERT VAN DER VEER, M. D. 

Kingston, N. Y. 

SAMUEL DECKER COYKENDALL. 

Kinderhook, N. Y. 

PETER VAN SCHAACK PRUYN, M. D. 

Rockland County, N. Y. 

GARRET VAN NOSTRAND. 

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244 

Westchester County, N. Y. 

Rev. CHARLES KNAPP CLEARWATER. 

CatsUll, N. Y. 

Rev. EVERT VAN SLYKE, D. D. 

Schenectady, N. Y. 

GILES YATES VAN DE BOGERT. 

Amsterdam, N. Y. 

WALTER L. VAN DENBERGH. 

Newtown, L. I. 

JOHN E. VAN NOSTRAND. 

New Brunswick, N. J. 

Rev. WILLIAM HOFFMAN TEN EYCK, D. D. 

Bergen County, N. J. 

GEORGE FREDERICK SCHERMERHORN. 

Passaic County, N. J. 

JOHN HOPPER. 

Cobleskill, N. Y. 

JOHN VAN SCHAICK. 

Poughkeejme, N. Y. 

FRANK HASBROUCK. 

Monmouth County, N J. 

D. AUGUSTUS VAN DER VEER. 

Somerset County, N J. 

LAWRENCE VAN DER VEER. 



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Minisink, N. Y. 

AMOS VAN ETTEN, Jr. 

Buffalo, N. Y. 

SHELDON T. VIELE. 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

EUGENE VAN LOAN. 

Yonkers, N. Y. 

WILLIAM L. HEERMANCE. 

Lansingburgh, N. Y. 

WILLIAM C. GROESBECK. 

Camden, N. J. 

PETER L. VOORHEES. 

North Hempstead, L. I., N. Y. 

ANDREW J. ONDERDONK. 

Staten Island, N. Y. 

Rev. WILLIAM PRALL, Ph. D., LL. D. 

Vice-President for the Army. 

Brevet Major-General STEWART VAN VLIET, 

U. S. A. 

Vice-President for the Navy. 

Commander DELAVAN BLOODGOOD, Medical 
Director, U. S. N. 



GEORGE WEST VAN SICLEN. 

Secretary's address, 7 Wall Street, New- York. 

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246 
EUGENE VAN SCHAICK. 

Treasurer's address, 6 Wall Street, New-York. 



TERM EXPIRES IN 1891. 

Rev. HENRY VAN DYKE, D. D. 
GEORGE M. VAN HOESEN. 
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW. 
THEODORE M. BANTA. 
FREDERIC J. DE PEYSTER. 

TERM EXPIRES IN 1892. 

WALTON STORM. 
HERMAN W. VAN DER POEL. 
GEORGE W. VAN SICLEN. 
AUGUSTUS VAN WYCK. 
JACOB WENDELL. 

TERM EXPIRES IN 1893. 

GEORGE G. DE WITT, Je. 
ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT. 
JOHN L. RIKER. 
HENRY R. BEEKMAN. 
W. W. VAN VOORHIS. 

TERM EXPIRES IN 1894. 

JOHN W. VROOMAN. 
WILLIAM M. HOES. 
HENRY S. VAN BEUREN. 
WILLIAM J. VAN ARSDALE. 
WILLIAM D. GARRISON. 



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Committee^ 

1889. 



Committee on JFf nance. 

GEORGE G. DE WITT, Je. 
WILLIAM M. HOES. 
W. W. VAN VOOEHIS. 

Committee on #enealogg. 

GEORGE M. VAN HOESEN. 
THEODORE M. BANTA. 
AUGUSTUS VAN WYCK. 

Committee on tyijrtorg anD ^raoition. 

Rev. HENRY VAN DYKE, D. D. \ 

JOHN L. RIKER. 

WILLIAM J. VAN ARSDALE. )J 



%i$t of <3®cmbtt$. 

March 28, 1890. 

Constitution. Article III. 

Section 1. No one shall be eligible as a member unless he be of 
full age, of respectable standing in society, of good moral charac- 
ter, and the descendant in the direct male line of a Dutchman 
who was a native or resident of New- York or of the American 
colonies prior to the year 1675. This shall include those of other 
former nationalities who found in Holland a refuge or a home, 
and whose descendants in the male line came to this country as 
Dutch settlers, speaking Dutch as their native tongue. This shall 
also include descendants in the male line of Dutch settlers who 
were born within the limi ts of Dutch settlements, and descendants 
in the male line of persons who possessed the rights of Dutch 
citizenship within Dutch settlements in America, prior to the 
year 1675 ; also any descendant in the direct male line of a Dutch- 
man, one of whose descendants became a member of this Society 
prior to June 16, 1886. 




cker, Charles Livingston . . 
Acker, * David Depeyster . 
Acker, Jr., David Depeyster 



New- York City. 



Acker, Franklin " " 

Adriance, Francis Henry Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Adriance, Harris Ely Pelham Manor, N. Y. 

Adriance, Isaac Reynolds Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Adriance, John Ersklne " " 

Adriance, John Peter " " 

Adriance, William Allen " " 

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Amerman, Benjamin Lauder New- York City. 

Amerman, Frederick Herbert 

Amerman, Newton 

Amerman, "William H 

Amerman, "William Libbey 

Anthony, Richard Amerman 



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anta, Cornelius Vreeland . . . New- York City. 

Banta, George A " " 

Banta, John " " 

Banta, Theodore Melvin " " 

Barhydt, George "Weed Plain ville, Conn. 

Barhydt, Thomas Low Schenectady, N. Y. 

Bayard, Thomas Francis "Wilmington, Del. 

Beekman, George Crawford Freehold, N. J. 

Beekman, Gerard New- York City. 

Beekman, Henry M. T Jersey City, N. J. 

Beekman, Henry Rutger New- York City. 

Beekman, J. "William " " 

Beekman, John Woodhull Perth Amboy, N. J. 

Bensen, Albert van Voast Albany, N. Y. 

Bergen, Francis H Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Bergen, Frank Elizabeth, N. J. 

Bergen, Herman Suydam New- York City. 

Bergen, James J Somerville, N. J. 

Bergen, Tunis G Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Bergen, Van Brunt Bay Ridge, L. I. 

Bergen, Zaccheus New- York City. 

Berry, Richard J Flatbush, L. I. 

Blauvelt, Alonzo, M. D New- York City. 

Blauvelt, Rev. Cornelius Ryckman . . . Nyack, N. Y. 

Blauvelt, James Henry " " 

Blauvelt, William Oscar " 

Bleecker, James New- York City. 

Bleecker, Jr., James " " 

Bleecker, Jr., Theophylact Bache ... " " 

Bloodgood, Dr. Delavan Med. Dir. U. S. N., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Bloodgood, Francis Milwaukee, Wis. 

Bloodgood, Hildreth Kennedy .... New- York City. 

Bloodgood, John " " 

Bloodgood, Joseph Francis, M. D. . . . " " 

Blydenbergh, Benjamin B 



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Blydenbergh, John B New- York City. 

Bogardus, Abraham Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Bogart, John New- York City. 

Bogart, Joseph Hegeman, M. D Roslyn, N. Y. 

Bogert, Albert Gilliam New- York City. 

Bogert, Andrew Demarest Englewood, N. J. 

Bogert, Charles Edmund New- York City. 

Bogert, Dr. Edward Strong, Med. I i Brooklyn N Y 

spector U. S. N i J ' 

Bogert, Henry A Flushing, L. I. 

Bogert, Henry L New- York City. 

Bogert, John G " " 

Bogert, Philip E " " 

Bogert, Stephen Gilliam " u 

Bogert, Stephen van Rensselaer, M.D., NewBrighton, S. I. 

Booraem, Henry Lienau Jersey City, N. J. 

Booraem, John van Vorst Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Booraem, Louis Vacher Jersey City, N. J. 

Booraem, Theodore Burges . . . New Brunswick, N. J. 
Boorom, Rev. Sylvester Daley, Chap- J Horsehead N . Y . 

lain, U. S. N J 

Brevoort, James Renwick Yonkers, N. Y. 

Brinckerhoff, Alexander Gordon . . . Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Brinckerhoff, Elbert Adraest New- York City. 

Brinckerhoff, Henry Waller .... Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Brinckerhoff, John Henry Jamaica, L. I. 

Brinckerhoff, Van Wyck New- York City. 

Brink, Benjamin M Saugerties, N. Y. 

Brenkerhoff, Warren Montgomery . . . Auburn, N. Y. 

Bross,* William Chicago, Ills. 

Brouwer, George Howard New- York City. 

Brouwer, Theophilus Anthony .... " " 

Brower, Abraham Giles, M. D Utica, N. Y. 

Brower, Abraham Thew Hunter Chicago, 111. 

Brower, Bloomfield New- York City. 

Brower, Charles De Hart " 

Brower, John " 

Brower, John Lefoy " 

Brower, Jacob Vredenburg St Paul, Minn. 

Brower, William Leverich New- York City. 

Bruyn, Augustus Hasbrouck Kingston, N. Y. 

Burhans, Charles " 

Burhans, Jr., Samuel New- York City. 



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admus, Cornelius Andrew .... Paterson, N. J. 

Cantine, Peter Saugerties, N. Y. 

Clearwater, Alphonso Trump- \ Tr . XT v 

' ( Kingston, N. Y 

BOUR ' 

Clearwater, Rev. Charles Knapp . . Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 

Clute, Jacob Winne Schenectady, N. Y. 

Clute, M. D., William Teller ... " " 

Cole, D. D., Rev. David Yonkers, N. Y. 

Cole, Frank Howard " 

Conover, Alonzo Edward New- York City. 

Conover, Charles Edwin Middletown, N. J. 

Conover, Charles E Wickatunk, N. J. 

Conover, Frank Bruen Freehold, N. J. 

Conover, Frank Edgar New- York City. 

Conover, Garret B Englishtown, N. J. 

Conover, James C Freehold, N. J. 

Conover, James Scott New- York City. 

Conover, John Barriclo Freehold, N. J. 

Conover, John S "Wickatunk, N. J. 

Conover, Richard Stevens .... South Amboy, N. J. 

Conover, Stacy Prickett Wickatunk, N. J. 

Cooper, Ebenezer Lane New- York City. 

Cooper, James C " u 

Cooper, Washington Lafayette ... " 

Cortelyou, Lawrence van Voorhees . Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Cowenhoven, Charles Tiebout . . New Brunswick, N. J. 

Cowenhoven, John Bath Beach, L. I. 

Coykendall, Samuel Decker Rondout, N. Y. 

COYKENDALL, THOMAS CORNELL .... " " 

Crispell, Charles Winegar, M. D. . . " 

Crum, George Latham New- York City. 

Cruser, Matthias Van Dyke Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Cuyler, Cornelius C New- York City. 

Cuyler, Rev. Theodore Ledyard, D. D. . Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Cuyler, Thomas De Witt Philadelphia, Pa. 



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e Bevoise, George Pine . . Steinway, L. I., N. Y. 

De Bevoise, Isaac C Brooklyn, N. Y. 

De Graaf, Henry Peek .... New- York City. 

De Graff, Alfred Fonda, N. Y. 

De Groot, Alfred Port Richmond, S. I. 

De Groot, William New- York City. 



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De Kay, Sidney New Brighton, N. Y. 

Delamater, Ezra Doane Hudson, N. Y. 

De Lamater, George Beckwith .... New- York City. 

Demarest, John Newark, N. J. 

Denise, David Demarest Freehold, N. J. 

Depew, Chauncey Mitchell New- York City. 

De Peyster, Frederic J " " 

De Peyster, Col. Johnston Livingston . . Tivoli, N. Y. 

De Peyster, John Watts New- York City. 

Devoe, Frederick William " " 

De Witt, Abraham van Dyck Albany, N. Y. 

De Witt, Alfred New- York City. 

De Witt, Cornelius Norfolk, Va. 

De Witt, George Gosman Nyack, N. Y. 

De Witt, Jr., George G New- York City. 

De Witt, Henry Clinton " " 

De Witt, Jerome Binghamton, N. Y. 

De Witt, Rev. John, D. D Chicago, Ills. 

De Witt, John Evert Portland, Me. 

De Witt, Moses J Newark, N. J. 

De Witt, Peter New- York City. 

De Witt, Richard Varick Albany, N. Y. 

De Witt, Sutherland Elmira, N. Y. 

De Witt, Thomas Dunkin .... Pelham Manor, N. Y. 

De Witt, William Cantine Brooklyn, N. Y. 

De Witt, William G New- York City. 

Deyo, Jacob New Paltz, N. Y. 

Deyo, Jerome Vernet Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Deyo, Peter West Superior, Wis. 

Dillenbeck, Morris H New- York City. 

dltmars, abram douwe " " 

Ditmars, Edward Wilson " " 

Ditmars, Isaac Edward " " 

Douw, Charles Gibbons ....•• Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Du Bois, Coert, M. D New- York City. 

Du Bois, Cornelius 

Du Bois, Elijah Kingston, N. Y. 

Du Bois, Eugene West New Brighton, N. Y. 

Du Bois, Dr. Francis Latta, Med. ) Portem<mth N H> 

Inspector U. S. N ) 

Dumond, Cornelius J., M. D New- York City. 

Duryea, Joseph W " 

Duryea, Samuel B Brooklyn, N. Y. 



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Duryee, Gustavus Abeel Newark, N. J. 

Duryee, Rev. Joseph Rankin, D. D. . . . New- York City. 

Duryee, Rev. Joseph T., D. D Omaha, Neb. 

Duryee, William B Freehold, N. J. 

Duryee, Rev. William Rankin, D. D. . Jersey City, N. J. 




ckerson, Peter Q New- York City. 

Elmendorf, Dwight L " " 

Elmendorf, Rev. Joachim, D. D. . " " 

Elmendorf, John Augustus " " 

Elmendorf, John B " " 

Elmendorf, Nicoll Floyd " " 

Elting, E. J Yonkers, N. Y. 

Elting, Irving Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Elting, Jacob Clintondale, N. Y. 

Elting, Jesse New Paltz, N. Y. 

Elting, Peter J Yonkers, N. Y. 

Elsworth, Edward Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Esselstyn, Everett James New- York City. 

Esselstyn, Herman Vedder Hudson, N. Y. 

Esselstyn, Jacob Broadhead Claverack, N. Y. 

onda, Douw Henry Albany, N. Y. 

Fort, Peter van Vranken .... " " 

Fryer, Robert Livingston .... Buffalo, N. Y. 




Fryer, William John, Jr New- York City. 




arretson, Garret James .... New-York City. 
Garrison, William Dominick . . " " 

Goelet, Ogden " " 

Goelet, Robert " " 

Groesbeck, Edward Anson Albany, N. Y. 

Groesbeck, Herman John Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Groesbeck, Leonard H Lansingburgh, N. Y. 

Groesbeck, William Chichester . " " 

Gulick, Alexander R New- York City. 

Gulick, C. R., M. D " " 

Gulick, Ernestus Schenck Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Gulick, James C New- York City. 

Gulick, James Izaak " " 

Gulick, John Callbreath " " 

Gulick, Rev. Uriah de Hart " " 

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ardenbergh, Abram Jansen . . . Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Hardenbergh,* Augustus A. . Jersey City, N. J. 

I] Hardenbergh,* Louis v. D. . . Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Earing, George T " " 

Haring, Isaac Cornelius, M. D . . . . Mont Moor, N. Y. 
Hasbrouck, Jr., Alfred, U. S. A. . . Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Hasbrouck, Ferdinand, M. D New- York City. 

Hasbrouck, Frank '. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Hasbrouck, George "Wickes New- York City. 

Hasbrouck, Isaac Edgar Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Has Brouck, Jacob D. P High Falls, N. Y. 

Hasbrouck, John Cornelius New- York City. 

Hasbrouck, Joseph Edwin Modena, N. Y. 

Hasbrouck, Oscar " " 

Hasbrouck, Sayer, M. D Providence, R. I. 

Heermance, De "Witt Rhinebeck, N. Y. 

Heermance, Martin " " 

Heermance, William L Yonkers, N. Y. 

Heermans, Forbes Syracuse, N. Y. 

Heermans, Thomas Beekman " " 

Hegeman, Johnston Niven New- York City. 

Hegeman, Joseph Perot New London, Conn. 

Hegeman,* W. A. Ogden New- York City. 

Hoag, Pierre Clute, M. D " " 

Hoes, Pierre van Buren Kinderhook, N. Y. 

Hoes, Rev Roswell Randall, Chap- > Washi t D . c . 

lam U. S. N > 8 ' 

Hoes, William Myers New- York City. 

Hoose, James Harmon Cortland, N. Y. 

Hopper, John Paterson, N. J. 

Hopper, John Henry " " 

Hopper, Robert Imlay " " 

Houghtaling, David Harrison .... Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Hoysradt, Albert Hudson, N. Y. 

Hoysradt, Jacob Warren " " 

Hubbard, Harmanus Barkaloo .... Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Hubbard, Samuel McKay . Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Hubbard, Timothy Ingraham . Flatlands, Kings Co., N. Y. 

Hulst, Rev. George Duryee Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Hun, Henry Albany, N. Y. 

Hun, Leonard Gansevoort " " 

Hun, Thomas " " 

Huyck, Edmund Niles " " 

Huyck, Francis Conklin " " 






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acobus, Arthur Middleton, M. D. New- York City. 

Jacobus, John Wesley " " 

Jacobus, Richard Mentor ... " " 

Jansen, Rev. John Nathaniel Newark, N. J. 

Johnson, Jr., Jeremiah New-York City. 






eteltas, Henry New- York City. 

Kip, Clarence van Steenbergh . " " 

Kip, George Goelet " " 

Kip, Ira Andruss " " 

Kip, Leonard Albany, N. Y. 

Kip, William F Buffalo, N. Y. 

Knickerbacker, David Buel Indianapolis, Ind. 

Knickerbacker, John Troy, N. Y. 

Knickerbacker, Thomas Adams " " 

Knickerbocker, Edgar New- York City. 

Kouwenhoven, Francis Duryee . . Steinway, L. I. City. 

ansing, Abraham Albany, N. Y. 

Lansing, Charles Lansingburgh, N. Y. 

Lansing, Charles B Albany, N. Y. 

Lansing,* Edward Yates " " 

Lansing, Isaac De Freest " " 

Lansing, John Watertown, N. Y. 

Lansing, John Townsend Albany, N. Y. 

Lansing, Joseph Alexander " " 

Le Fevre, De Witt C Buffalo, N. Y. 

Lefferts, John Flatbush, L. I. 

Lefferts, John, Jr " " 

Leggett, Rev. William James Belleville, N. J. 

Lodewick, Charles Casper Greenbush,N. Y. 

Longstreet, Henry H Matawan, N. J. 

Longstreet, Jacob Holmes Bordentown, N. J. 

Lott,* Abraham Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Lott, James van der Bilt " " 

Low,* Henry R Middletown, N. Y. 

Low, John W " " 

Lydecker, Charles Edward New- York City. 



arselius, Willard Charles, M. D. . Albany, N. Y. 
Marsellus, John Syracuse, N. Y. 




Marsellus, Max de Motte .... Passaic, N. J. 
Meserole, Walter Monfort Brooklyn, N. Y. 



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Messler, Remsen Varick Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Messler, Thomas Doremus . " " 

Miller, Peyton Farrell Albany, N. Y. 

Miller, Theodore Hudson, N. Y. 

Montanye, George Edward New- York City. 

Montanye, Lewis Foster " " 

Montanye, William Henry " " 

Morris, John Jacob Paterson, N. J. 

Mott, Hopper Stryker New- York City. 

Myer, Albert James Buffalo, N. Y. 

Myers, Andrew Gormly New- York City. 

Myers, George Tobias Portland, Oregon. 

Myers, John Gillespy Albany, N. Y. 

Mynderse,* Barent Aaron, M. D. . . Schenectady, N. Y. 

Mynderse, Herman V., M. D " " 

Mynderse, Wilhelmus New- York City. 



ostrand, George E Bath Beach, L. I. 

Nostrand, Frederick William . New-York City. 

Nostrand, John Lott Brooklyn, N. Y^ 

Nostrand, Warner Hatch Dobb's Ferry, N. Y. 




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NDERDONK, ANDREW JOSEPH . . 

Onderdonk, Thomas William, M. 
Onderdonk, William Mdstne 



Oothout, John Webster 

osterhoudt, howard 

OSTRANDER, Rev. ANGELO 

OSTRANDER,* STEPHEN MeLANCTHON 



. New-York City. 

D. " " 

u n 

Rochester, N. Y. 

Kingston, N. Y. 

Catskill, N. Y. 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 




aulison, John Paul Tenafly, N. J. 

Pentz, Archibald Maclay . . . New- York City. 

Perrine, David van der Veer . . Freehold, N. J. 

Polhemus, Abraham New- York City. 

Polhemus, Henry Ditmas Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Polhemus,. Henry Martin New- York City. 

Polhemus, Rev. Isaac Heyer " " 

Polhemus, James Suydam . " " 

Poucher, Johannes Wilson, M. D. . Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Prall, John Howard Newton, L. I. 

Prall, Rev. William, Ph. D., LL. D. . South Orange, N. J. 
Prall, William M St. Louis, Mo. 



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Provoost, George B Dubuque, Iowa. 

Provoost, John Moffat Buffalo, N. Y. 

Pruyn, Charles Lansing Albany, N. Y. 

Pruyn, Isaac Catskill, N. Y. 

Pruyn, John Knickerbocker . . . Mechanicsville, N. Y. 
Pruyn, John van Schaick Lansing .... Albany, N. Y. 
Pruyn, Peter van Schaick, M. D. . . Kinderhook, N. Y. 
Pruyn, Robert Clarence Albany, N. Y. 



uackenbush, Abraham New- York City. 

QUACKENBUSH, ABRAHAM C. . . . " " 

Quackenbush, Cebra Albany, N. Y. 



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Quackenbush,* James Westervelt . . Hackensack, N. J. 
Quackenbush, John Mahwah, N. J. 



apelye, Augustus New-York City. 

Rapelye, Cornelius Astoria, N. Y. 

Riker, Charles Edgar New- York City. 




Riker,* James Waverly, N. Y. 

Riker, John Hancock New-York City. 

Riker, John Jackson " " 

Riker, John Lawrence " " 

Romaine, De Witt C, M. D " 

Romer, J. L Los Angeles, Cal. 

Roosa, Daniel Bennett St. John, M. D. . New- York City. 

Roosa, De Witt Rondout, N. Y. 

Roosevelt, Charles Henry New- York City. 

Roosevelt,* Cornelius van Schaick South Orange, N. J. 

Roosevelt, Frederick New- York City. 

Roosevelt,* Henry Everitt " " 

Roosevelt, James Hyde Park, N. Y. 

Roosevelt, Nicholas Latrobe New- York City. 

Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell " " 

Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell, Jr. ... " " 

Roosevelt, Samuel Montgomery ... " " 

Roosevelt, Theodore " " 

Roosevelt, William Emlen " " 

Rosa, Hyman, M. D Kingston, N. Y. 

Rosevelt, George W New- York City. 

Rosevelt, Warren " " 

Ryerson,* Martin John Bloomingdale, N. J. 

Ryerson, Robert Colfax Caldwell, N. J. 




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anders, Jacob Glen Albany, N. Y. 

Sanders, James Bleecker " " 

Schanck, Samuel M Hightstown, N. J. 

Schenck, Abraham Voorhees . . . New Brunswick, N. J. 

Schenck, Caspar, Pay Director U. S. N. . . . Norfolk, Va. 

Schenck, Edward New- York City. 

Schenck, Rev. Ferdinand Schureman . . . Hudson, N. Y. 

Schenck, Frederick Brett New- York City. 

Schenck,* Henry Jacob " " 

Schenck, Peter L., M. D Brooklyn N. Y. 

Schenck, Teunis, M. D New Utrecht, L. I. 

Schermerhorn, George Frederick . . Rutherford, N. J. 

Schermerhorn, Jacob Maus, Jr Syracuse, N. Y. 

Schermerhorn,* John Schenectady, N. Y. 

Schermerhorn, John Egmont New- York City. 

Schermerhorn, Simon J Schenectady, N. Y. 

Schoonmaker, Adrian Onderdonk . . . New- York City. 

Schoonmaker, Augustus Kingston, N. Y. 

Schoonmaker,* Capt. Cornelius Marius, ) Kingston N Y 
U.S.N > g 

Schoonmaker, Frederick William . . . New-York City. 

Schoonmaker, George Beekman .... New- York City. 

Schoonmaker, Hiram " 

Schoonmaker, James M Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Schoonmaker, John Newburg, N. Y. 

Schoonmaker, Joseph S Uniontown, Pa. 

Schoonmaker, Lucas Elmendorf .... New- York City. 

Schoonmaker, Sylvanus L Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Schoonmaker, William Davis New- York City. 

Schuyler, Arent Henry " 

Schuyler, Charles E " " 

Schuyler, Clarkson Crosby, M. D Troy, N. Y. 

Schuyler,* Garret Lansing New-York City. 

Schuyler,* George Washington Ithaca, N. Y. 

Schuyler, Gerald Livingston New- York City. 

Schuyler, Herman Philip " " 

Schuyler, Montgomery Roosevelt ... " " 

Schuyler, Percival Raymond Paterson, N. J. 

Schuyler, Stephen West Troy, N. Y. 

Sickels, David Banks New-York City. 

Sickels, Hiram Edward Albany, N. Y. 

Sickels, Robert Davenport, Iowa. 

Skillman, Francis Roslyn, N. Y. 



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Smidt, Allen Lee New- York City. 

Smidt, Frank Bishop " " 

SOMARLNDYCK, JOHN WlLLIAM Glen Cove, L. I. 

Starln, John Henry Fultonville, N. Y. 

Stevens, John Baker New- York City. 

Stevens, John Bright " " 

Storm, Edward Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Storm,* Thomas New- York City. 

Storm, Walton . " " 

Stryker, General William Scudder . . . Trenton, N. J. 

Stryker, Wm. H. H Paterson, N. J. 

Stuyvesant, Henry New- York City. 

Stuyvesant, John Reade . . Tapley, Osborne Co., Kans. 

Stuyvesant, Peter J New- York City. 

Sutphen, John Schureman " " 

Sutphen, John S., Jr " " 

Sutphin, John Henry . Jamaica, L. I. 

Suydam, Charles Crooke Elizabeth, N. J. 

Suydam, James New- York City. 

Suydam, Rev. J. Howard, D. D Jersey City, N. J. 

Suydam, John Fine New- York City. 

Suydam,* John H " " 

Suydam, John Richard Sayville, L. I. 

Suydam, Lambert New- York City. 

Suydam, William Farrington Hawley, Pa. 

Swartwout, George Albertine .... Pasadena, Cal. 
Swits, John Livingston Schenectady, N. Y. 




appen, Frederick D New- York City. 

Teller, Rev. Henry W. . Pompton Plains, N. J. 

Ten Eyck, Clinton Albany, N. Y. 

Ten Eyck,* Henry James " " 

Ten Eyck, Jacob H " " 

Ten Eyck, James " " 

Ten Eyck, Sandford Rowe New- York City. 

Ten Eyck, Stephen. Vedder, M. D. . . . " " 

Ten Eyck, Rev. Wm. Hoffman, D. D. New Brunswick, N. J. 
Terhune, Rev. Edward Payson, D. D. . Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Terhune, Henry Stafford Matawan, N. J. 

Traphagen, Henry Jersey City, N. J. 

Truax, Charles Henry New-York City. 

Truax, Chauncey Shaffer " " 

Truax, James R Schenectady, N. Y. 




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an Alen, William K San Francisco, Cal. 

Van Allen, Charles H Albany, N. Y. 

Van Allen, Garret Adam ... " " 

Van Allen, Lucas L New- York City. 

Van Alstyne, Andrew Chatham Centre, N. Y. 

Van Alstyne, Richard H . Troy, N. Y. 

Van Alstyne, William New- York City. 

Van Alstyne, William Charles Albany, N. Y. 

Van Antwerp, Cornelius Henry .... " " 

Van Antwerp, Daniel Lewis " " 

Van Antwerp, John Henry " " 

Van Antwerp, Thomas Irwin " " 

Van Antwerp, William Meadon " " 

Van Arsdale, William James New- York City. 

Van Auken, David H Cohoes, N. Y. 

Van Auken, Edwin Electus New- York City. 

Van Auken, James A " " 

Van Auken, Myron Wilber Utica, N. Y. 

Van Auken, Willard J New- York City. 

Van Benschoten, Eugene " " 

Van Benschoten, J. C Middletown, Conn. 

Van Benschoten, Samuel New- York City. 

Van Benthuysen,* Clarence Romney . " " 

Van Benthuysen, Charles F Albany, N. Y. 

Van Benthuysen, Charles H " " 

Van Benthuysen, Edgar New Orleans, La. 

Van Benthuysen, Warner New-York City. 

Van Beuren, Frederick T " " 

Van Beuren, Henry Spingler " " 

Van Blarcom, George Green Nyack, N. Y. 

Van Blarcom, Jacob Craig St. Louis, Mo. 

Van Boskerck, Robert Ward New- York City. 

Van Brunt, Arthur Hoffman " " 

Van Brunt, Charles Fort Hamilton, N. Y. 

Van Brunt, Cornelius New- York City. 

Van Brunt, Cornelius Bergen .... Bay Ridge, N. Y. 

Van Brunt, John Holmes " " 

Van Brunt, William Halliday .... New- York City. 

Van Buren, John Dash Newburg, N. Y. 

Van Buren,* John D " " 

Van Buren, Martin Amsterdam, N. Y. 

Van Busktrk, Amzi Hathaway .... New- York City. 
Van Buskirk, De Witt " " 



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Van Buskirk, John R New- York City. 

Van Campen, George Olean, N .Y. 

Van Cleaf, John Couwenhoven .... New- York City. 

Van Cleef, Augustus " " 

Van Cleef, Jacob Charles . . . New Brunswick, N. J. 
Van Cleef, James Henry . . . . " " " 

Van Cleef, Rev. -Paul Duryea, D. D. . Jersey City, N. J. 
Van Cott, Alexander Hamilton .... New- York City. 

Van Cott, Cornelius " " 

Van Cott, Joshua Marsden " " 

Van Cott, Lincoln Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Van de Bogert, G-eorge Ohlen .... New- York City. 
Van de Bogert, G-iles Yates .... Schenectady, N. Y. 

Van de G-rift, Lewis Cass Wilmington, Del. 

Van Denbergh, Walter L Amsterdam, N. Y. 

Van der Beek, Frank I Jersey City, N. J. 

Vanderbeek, George Howard Allentown, N. J. 

Van der Beek, Isaac I Jersey City, N. J. 

Van der Beek, Isaac Paulis .... " " 

Van der Hoof, Charles Albert . . . . New- York City. 

Van der Hoof, Elisha W . . 

Vanderpoel,* Aaron J 

Vanderpoel, Augustus Gifford .... 

Vanderpoel, Augustus H 

Van der Poel, Herman Wendell . . . 

Van der Poel, John, M. D 

Van der Poel, Samuel Oakley, M. D. . 
Van der Poel, Waldron Burritt, M. D. 

Van der Pool, Eugene Newark, N. J. 

Van der Veer, Albert, M. D Albany, N. Y. 

Van der Veer, Benjamin Beekman . . . New- York City. 
Van der Veer, David Augustus . . . Manalapan, N. J. 
Van der Veer, Frank Fillmore .... New- York City. 

Van der Veer, John Reeve " " 

Van der Veer, Lawrence Rocky Hill, N. J. 

Van der Veer, Mathew N Somerville, N. J. 

Van der Veer, Peter Labagh Santa Fe, N. M. 

Van der Voort, William Ledyard . . New- York City. 
Van Deusen, Almon Augustus .... Mayville, N. Y. 
Van Deventer, Charles Henry .... New-York City. 
Van Deventer, George Mather .... " " 

Van Deventer, Hugh Birckhead, M. D. Sands Point, L. I. 
Van Deventer, James T Knoxville, Tenn. 

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Van Deventer, Rev. John Cornelius . . Nyack, N. Y. 

Van de Warker, Ely, M. D Syracuse, N. Y. 

Van de Water, Rev. George Roe, D. D. New- York City. 

Van de Water, John Walker " " 

Van Doren, Louis Otis " " 

Van Doren, P. A. V Pasadena, Cal. 

Van Dorn, Daniel Polhemus .... Marlborough, N. J. 

Van Dusen,* Abram Bovee New- York City. 

Van Duyn, John, M. D Syracuse, N. Y. 

Van Duzer, Henry Sayre New- York City. 

Van Duzer, Selah Reeve Newburg, N. Y. 

Van Duzer, Selah New-York City. 

Van Dyck,* Henry H " " 

Vandyck, Henry Lefler Rice .... Jersey City, N. J. 

Van Dyke, Herbert New- York City. 

Van Dyke, Rev. Henry Jackson, Sr., D. D. . B'klyn, N. Y. 

Van Dyke, Rev. Henry, D. D New- York City. 

Van Dyke, Thomas Kittera Lewisburgh, Pa. 

Van Epps, Evert Peek, M. D Schenectady, N. Y. 

Van Etten, Amos Port Jervis, N. Y. 

Van Etten, Edgar Buffalo, N. Y. 

Van Etten, Solomon Port Jervis, N. Y. 

Van Gaasbeek, Louis Bevier Kingston, N. Y. 

Van Gdsson, Rev. Almon Pulaski, ) ^ , , . XT ^ 
' ' > Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Van Heusen, Theodore van Wyck . . . Albany, N. Y. 

Van Hoesen, George M New- York City. 

Van Hoesen, John William " " 

Van Hoevenbergh, Henry, M. D. ... Kingston, N. Y. 

Van Hoevenberg, James D Tompkinsville, N. Y. 

Van Horn, Charles French Philadelphia, Pa. 

Van Horn, Francis Charles Dedham, Mass. 

Van Horne, John G Jersey City, N. J. 

Van Horne, Stephen van Alen .... New- York City. 

Van Houten, D. B " " 

Van Inwegen, Charles Francis . . . Port Jervis, N. Y. 

Van Keuren, Cornelius, M. D New- York City. 

Van Kleeck, Edward Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Van Kleeck, Frank " " 

Van Kleeck, Theodore " " 

Van Kleeck, William Henry New- York City. 

Van Kleeck, John James . . . Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
Van Loan, Eugene Philadelphia, Pa. 



263 

Van Loan, Henry Fairbank New- York City. 

Van Loan, John " " 

Van Mater, Joseph I Holmdel, N. J. 

Van Name, Calvin Decker New- York City. 

Van Ness, Eugene Baltimore, Md. 

Van Ness, Francis Kinderhook, N. Y. 

Van Ness, Russell New- York City. 

Van Ness, Sherman, M. D " " 

Van Ness, Lieut. William Percy, ) „ , ,-, ... ^ — 
tt q a \ Fort Hamilton, N. Y. 

Van Nest, Alexander T New- York City. 

Van Nest, Frank Roe Newark, N. J. 

Van Nest, George Willett " " 

Van Norden, Warner " " 

Van Nostrand, Charles B Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Van Nostrand,* David New- York City. 

Van Nostrand, Gardiner Newburg, N. Y. 

Van Nostrand, Garret Nyack, N. Y. 

Van Nostrand, Henry Duncan .... Jersey City, N. J. 

Van Nostrand, John Everitt New- York City. 

Van Nostrand,* John J Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Van Nostrand, Marshall R Elizabeth, N. J. 

Van Nostrand, Seymour, " " 

Van Olinda, James Edgar Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Van Orden, Charles Hopkins Catskill, N. Y. 

Van Orden, Edward New- York City. 

Van Orden, Henry De Witt " " 

Van Orden, Philip Vernon Catskill, N. Y. 

Van Orden, William " " 

Van Pelt, Gilbert Sutphen New- York City. 

Van Pelt, John van der Bilt .... Bath Beach, N. Y. 
Van Pelt, Townsend Cortelyou . . . " " L. I. 
Van Petten, John Bullock . . Claverack, Col. Co., N. Y. 
Van Rensselaer, Cortlandt Schuyler . New- York City. 

Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen " " 

Van Rensselaer, John .... Blackwell's Island, N. Y. 
Van Rensselaer, Rev. Maunsell, ) xt ^ . ~., 

D.D..LL.D. ■ . | New - TOTk Clt y- 

Van Rensselaer, William Bayard . . . Albany, N. Y. 

Van Reypen, Cornelius C Jersey City, N. J. 

Van Reypen, Garret Daniel " " 

Van Reypen, Dr. William Knicker- > Washi t D . c> 

bocker, Med. Inspector, U. S. N. . > 



264 

Van Riper, Cornelius, M. D. ...... . Passaic, N. J. 

Van Santvoord, Abraham New- York City. 

Van Santvoord, Rev. Cornelius .... Kingston, N. Y. 

Van Santvoord, Henry Staats Albany, N. Y. 

Van Santvoord, Richard, M. D New-York City. 

Van Santvoord, Samuel McCutcheon . . Albany, N. Y. 

Van Santvoord, Seymour Troy, N. Y. 

Van Schaick, Eugene New- York City. 

Van Schaick, Henry " 

Van Schaick, Jenkins " 

Van Schaick, John Cobleskill, N. Y. 

Van Sickle, John Waddell Springfield, Ohio. 

Van Siclen, Arthur New-York City. 

Van Siclen, Ferdinand Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Van Siclen, George West New-York City. 

Van Slnderen, Adrian Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Van Sinderen, W. Leslie " 

Van Slyck, Andrew Webster, M. D. . Coxsackie, N. Y. 

Van Slyck, George Whitfield New- York City. 

Van Slyck, Nicholas Providence, R. I. 

Van Slyck, William Henry New- York City. 

Van Slyke, Rev. Evert, D. D Catskill, N. Y. 

Van Slyke, Eugene, M. D Albany, N. Y. 

Van Slyke, George W " 

Van Slyke, Rev. John Garnsey, D. D. . Kingston, N. Y. 

Van Syckel, Bennett Trenton, N. J. 

Van Valen, James Monroe Hackensack, N. J. 

Van Valkenburgh, John L Albany, N. Y. 

Van Vechten, Abraham 

Van Vechten, Abraham van Wyck . . New- York City. 

Van Vechten, Henry Clay 

Van Vechten, Schuyler South Orange, N. J. 

Van Vlack * George W Palatine Bridge, N. Y. 

Van Vleck, Abraham Kip New- York City. 

Van Vleck, Charles King, D. D. S. . . . Hudson, N. Y. 

Van Vleck, Frank San Diego, Cal. 

Van Vleck, J. M Middletown, Conn. 

Van Vleck, Jasper New-York City. 

Van Vleck, Robert Barnard 

Van Vleck, William David 

Van Vliet, Benson Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Van Vliet, De Forest Ithaca, N. Y. 

Van Vliet, Deuse M New- York City. 



265 

Van Vliet, Frederick Christian, M. D. Shrewsbury, N. J. 
Van Vliet, Frederick Gilbert .... New- York City. 

Van Vliet, Purdy " " 

Van Vliet, Brevet Maior-General > __ . . _ _. 

Stewart, U. S. A ^ Washington, D. C. 

Van Vliet, William Downs Goshen, N. Y. 

Van Voast, Col. James, U. S. A Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Van Voast, James Albert Schenectady, N. Y. 

Van Volkenburgh, Edward New- York City. 

Van Volkenburgh, Philip, Jr " " 

Van Volkenburgh, Thomas Sedgwick . " " 

Van Voorhis,* Bartow White .... " 

Van Voorhis, Bartow White, Jr. ... " " 

Van Voorhis, Elias William " " 

Van Voorhis, John Rochester, N. Y. 

Van Voorhis, Menzo . « " " 

Van Voorhis, William Walgrove . . . New- York City. 

Van Vorst, Abraham, A Schenectady, N. Y. 

Van Vorst, Frederick Boyd New-York City. 

Van Vorst,* Gardiner Baker Albany, N. Y. 

Van Vorst,* Hooper Cumming New- York City. 

Van Vorst,* John, M. D Jersey City, N. J. 

Van Vranken, Adam Tunis, M. D. . . . West Troy, N. Y. 
Van Vranken, Edward Wheeler . . . Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Van Vranken, George Williamson . Schenectady, N. Y. 

Van Vranken, Josiah New- York City. 

Van Vredenburgh, Wm. Townsend, M. D. " " 

Van Wagenen, Bleecker " " 

Van Wagenen, George " " 

Van Wagenen, Gerrit Hubert Rye, N. Y. 

Van Wagenen, Henry William New- York City. 

Van Wagenen, Hubert " " 

Van Wagenen, John Richard Oxford, N. Y. 

Van Wagner, Albert London, England. 

Van Wagner, John Nelson Troy, N. Y. 

Van Winkle, Edgar Beach Paris, France. 

Van Winkle, Frank O Jersey City, N. J. 

Van Winkle, Rev. Isaac, A. M. ... Cold Spring, N. Y. 

Van Winkle, John Albert Paterson, N. J. 

Van Wlnkle,* John Waling . . . Passaic Bridge, N. J. 

Van Winkle, Stephen Paterson, N. J. 

Van Woert, James Burtus New- York City. 

Van Woert,* John Voorhees " " 



266 



Van Woert, John Voorhees, Jr New- York City. 

Van Wormer, Jasper Albany, N. Y: 

Van Wormer, John Rupus New- York City. 

Van Wyck, Augustus Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Van Wyck 
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New- York City. 



* Benjamin Stevens . . 

Jacob Southart " 

Jacob Theodorus " " 

* John Thurman " " 

Robert Anderson " " 

Samuel Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Stephen Roslyn, N. Y. 

Stephen Miller Rhinebeck, N. Y. 

William Edward New- York City. 

William Harrison, M. D. . . " " 

* William " " 

Maxey Newell Rochester, N. Y. 

Milton Burns New- York City. 

Sigourney " " 

Varick, Edgar Fitz-Randolph " " 

Varick, George Clippinger Jersey City, N. J. 

Varick, John Barnes Manchester, N. H. 

Varick, John Leonard New-York City. 

Varick,* Theodore Romeyn, M. D. . . Jersey City, N. J. 

Varick, Theodore Romeyn, Jr New- York City. 

Varick, William Woolsey, M. D. . . . Jersey City, N. J. 
Vedder, Rev. Charles Stuart, D. D. . Charleston, S. C. 

Vedder, Commodore Perry Ellicottville, N. Y. 

Vedder, Maus Rosa, M. D New-York City. 

Vedder, Ransom Hollenback, M. D. Chatham Centre, N. Y. 

Veeder, Andrew Truax Schenectady, N. Y. 

Veeder, Harman Wortman .... " " 

Veeder, Lieut. Ten Eyck De Witt, U. S. N. " " 

Vermeule, Adrian, Sr New Brunswick, N. J. 

Vermeule, Adrian, Jr " " 

Vermeule, Cornelius C New- York City. 

Vermeule, John D " " 

Ver Meulen, Edmund C, M. D., U. S. N. Philadelphia, Pa. 

Vermilye, Edward L New- York City. 

Vermilye, Jacob Dyckman " 

Vermilye, Marion Hoagland " 

Vermilye,* Theodore Chardavoyne Tompkinsville, N. Y. 
Vermilye, Thomas Edward, Jr. Brick Church, Orange, N. J. 

Verplanck, Philip Yonkers, N. Y. 

Ver Planck, Samuel Hopkins Geneva, N. Y. 



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Verplanck, William Edward ... . New- York City. 
Ver Planck, William Gordon .... " " 

Viele, Egbert Ludovicus " " 

Viele, John Jay " " 

Viele, Maurice A " " 

Viele, Maurice Edward Albany, N. Y. 

Viele, Sheldon Thompson Buffalo, N. Y. 

Vischer, John Hayden Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Visscher,* John Barent Albany, N. Y. 

Voorhees, Alfred M . . Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Voorhees, Anson Augustus Verona, N. J. 

Voorhees, Albert van Brunt .... Bath Beach, N. Y. 

Voorhees, Charles Henry New- York City. 

Voorhees, Charles Holbert . . New Brunswick, N. J. 

Voorhees, Charles H Rocky Hill, N. J. 

Voorhees, Frank S Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Voorhees, Frederick Nicholas .... Somerville, N. J. 

Voorhees, James Amsterdam, N. Y. 

Voorhees,* John Enders " 

Voorhees, John Hunn Washington, D. C. 

Voorhees, John H Amsterdam, N. Y. 

Voorhees, John Jacob Jersey City, N. J. 

Voorhees, John Newton Flemington, N. J. 

Voorhees, Peter L Camden, N. J. 

Voorhees, Peter V 

Voorhees, Judah Back Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Voorhees, Louis A New Brunswick, N. J. 

Voorhees, Theodore New- York City. 

Voorhees, Warder Washington, D. C. 

Voorhees, Willard Penfield . . New Brunswick, N. J. 
Voorhees, William Dilworth . . . Bergen Point, N. J. 

Voorhees, William K Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Voorhis, Augustus Marvin Nyack, N. Y. 

Voorhis, Jacob Greenwich, Conn. 

Voorhis, James Pompton Plains, N. J. 

Voorhis, John R New- York City. 

Voorhis, John Greenwich, Conn. 

Voorhis,* William Nyack, N. Y. 

Vosburgh, Benjamin Fredenburgh, M. D. New-York City. 

Vosburgh, Fletcher Albany, N. Y. 

Vosburgh, Miles Woodward " " 

Vreeland, Josiah Pierson Paterson, N. J. 

Vredenburgh, Alfred Bergen Point, N. J. 

Vredenburgh, Alfred Purdy . . . . " " 



268 

Vredenburgh, Edward Lawrence . . Bergen Point, N. J. 

Vredenburgh, Frank " " " 

Vredenburgh, James B Jersey City, N. J. 

Vredenburgh, William H Freehold, N. J. 

Vroom, Garret Dorset Wall Trenton, N. J. 

Vroom, Capt. Peter Dumont, U. S. A. San Antonio, Texas. 

Vrooman, Isaac Henry Albany, N. Y. 

Vrooman, John Wright Herkimer, N. Y. 

andell, Townsend New- York City. 

Wemple, Edward Fultonville, N. Y. 

Wendell, Burr Cazenovia, N. Y. 




Wendell, Benjamin Rush New- York City. 

Wendell, Evert Jansen " " 

Wendell, Frederick Fox Fort Plain, N. Y. 

Wendell, Gordon • • • New- York City. 

Wendell, Jacob " " 

Wendell, Jacob Irving Albany, N. Y. 

Wendell, John Dunlap Fort Plain, N. Y. 

Wendell, Menzo Edgar Troy, N. Y. 

Wendell, Ten Eyck New- York City. 

Wendell, Willis Amsterdam, N. Y. 

Wessell, Charles New- York City. 

Westbrook,* Theodoric Romeyn . . . Kingston, N. Y. 

Westervelt, John Calvin New- York City. 

Whitbeck, Andrew J " " 

Williamson, Henry Veight " " 

Winne, Charles V Albany, N. Y. 

Witbeck, Clark Schenectady, N. Y. 

Wortman, Rev. Denis, D. D Saugerties, N. Y. 

Wyckoff, George Henry New- York City. 

Wyckoff, Rev. John Henry Claverack, N. Y. 

Wyckoff, Peter Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Wyckoff, William Forman " " 

Wynkoop,* Augustus W Kinderhook, N. Y. 

Wynkoop, Gerardus Hilles, M. D. . . New- York City. 
Wynkoop, James Davis " " 



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Zabriskie, Albert Stephen . . Sufferns, N. Y. 

Zabriskie, Albert S Allendale, N. J. 

Zabriskie, Andrew Christian New- York City. 

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